Jade cong cylinder with low relief design / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1971/2.102
- Title
- Jade cong cylinder with low relief design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- dark green nephrite with white streaks
- Object Creation Date
- 1300 BCE - 1100 BCE
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 2.6 cm (2 15/16 in. x 2 15/16 in. x 1 in.)
- Century
- 13th-11th century BCE
- Primary Object Classification
- Hardstone
- Primary Object Type
- jade
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Secondary Object Type
- carving
- Physical Description
- jade cylinder with square shaped exterior and round interior, shallow relief carver on each side, possible representing zoomorphic designs that have been worn off. Dark jade material with many striations and mottles. Come in custom-designed silk box enclosed in a fine hardwood box. The inscription on wooden box indicates that the object was once part of the Duan Fang collection in late 19th century. Duan Fang was a Manchu stateman and reknowned antiquarian. His inscription date the object to the Zhou period. Recent archaeological work suggests that the object was probably made in the late 3rd millennium B.C.E. and remained in circulation by Shang period of the late 2nd millennium B.C.E.
- Subject Matter
- ritual object, once probably zoomorphic line carvings on the surface of mystical animals, usually such objects were discovered in elite tombs of the late prehistoric to early Bronze Age China (3rd to 2nd millennium BCE)
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 342 x 390
- File Size
- 14 KB
- Record
- 1971/2.102
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"Jade cong cylinder with low relief design; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.102/1971_2.102.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024.