One-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks

Object Details

Description: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; narrow projecting collar at both ends; rich cream and tans; decoration: incised and in low relief, stylized masks and double bands of fine lines on corners. (Collar chipped.)
Provenance: To 1916; Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [1]; From 1916 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in New York, in 1916 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 797, pg. 173, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.; [2] See note 1.; [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing); Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016); Ancient Chinese Jades (May 9, 1993 to May 18, 1998); Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984); Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981); Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
Previous custodian or owner: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions: H x W x D: 4.5 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm (1 3/4 x 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 in); Diam (hole): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in)

On View: Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
Related Online Resources: Google Arts & Culture; Jades for Life and Death
See more items in: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Topic: jade; nephrite; Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE); China; Chinese Art; Charles Lang Freer collection

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