One-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮) with masks
date: label: Date
content: ca. 3000-ca. 2250 BCE
label: Period
content: Late Neolithic period
notes: label: Description
content: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts'ung [cong] 琮; narrow projecting collar at both ends; mottled brown and tan, partially covered with cream coating that almost hides the decoration—channeled and incised, circles, bands of fine lines and grooves, traces of meander pattern.
label: Provenance
content: To 1970
label: Provenance
content: Agnes E. Meyer
label: Provenance
content: From 1970 to 2000
label: Provenance
content: Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz, by descent from Agnes E. Meyer
label: Provenance
content: From 2000
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz [1]
label: Provenance
content: Notes
label: Provenance
content: [1] Deed of Gift. Gift was accepted on November 26, 2000, before the death of Mrs. (Meyer) Lorentz on January 27, 2001.
label: Collection
content: Freer Study Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001)
place: label: Origin
content: Lake Tai region, China
topic: label: Topic
content: jade
label: Topic
content: nephrite
label: Topic
content: Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
culture: label: Culture
content: Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
label: Related Online Resources
content: Jades for Life and Death
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: FSC-S-99
objectType: label: Type
content: Ceremonial Object
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jade (nephrite)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2.9 x 8.1 x 8.1 cm (1 1/8 x 3 3/16 x 3 3/16 in)