CHINE DYNASTIE SHANG OU POSTÉRIEUR
Cong in dark celadon jade marbled with rust veins, the stone with a beautiful polish.
Dim. 10,5 x 4,8 x 4,8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of M. D. (ethnographer and archaeologist), acquired in the 1930s, then by descent.
NOTE
The Cong tube is a complex-looking object with a cylindrical section inscribed in a square. Most often found in a funerary context, associated with other jade artifacts (bi discs, axes), it seems to have had a ritual function, which is not precisely known.
In the "Rites of the Zhou", it is symbolically associated with the earth while the bi disk is associated with the sky.
CONDITION REPORT
Slits, wear, small chips
