Ritual object (cong)
A tall, square-sectioned jade tube with rounded corners and a hollow top, its dark green surface cut with rows of stepped, notched bands in low relief. The polished stone reads as a ritual object from the Liangzhu culture, photographed against a soft gray backdrop.
Look closer: The hollow circular opening at the top of the tube.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 2400 BCE
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3001 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -2350).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Sir Joseph Hotung Gift, 2004