Chinese jade cong carved with bands of zoomorphic masks

An image of Cong. Olive green opaque jade with brown and reddish inclusions. Thick walled with a slightly raised collar around the central hole. The prism surfaces are covered by two bands of zoomorphic masks. Nephrite, height, 4.95, cm, length, 12.65, cm, width, 12.4, cm, diameter, 6.9, cm, 3500-2500 B.C. Chinese.

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Cong. Olive green opaque jade with brown and reddish inclusions. Thick walled with a slightly raised collar around the central hole. The prism surfaces are covered by two bands of zoomorphic masks. Nephrite, height, 4.95, cm, length, 12.65, cm, width, 12.4, cm, diameter, 6.9, cm, 3500-2500 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.4-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 410.45kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:03:04 12:03:37

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BC carved Chinese cong Fitz_AA jade nephrite tube

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