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The semi-translucent stone of rich, dark olive-green color with brown mottling and veining, with areas of yellowish-buff color emanating from some of the veins and some opaque alteration from burial, carved as a rectangular block enclosing a cylindrical tube extending beyond the triangular shoulders at either end to form a collar, with a smooth satiny polish, some encrustation
Cong
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Cong

Artist Chinese Artist
DateWestern Zhou dynasty (c. 1050-771 BCE)
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumJade
Dimensions5 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (14.9 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.263
Collections
Visual DescriptionThe semi-translucent stone of rich, dark olive-green color with brown mottling and veining, with areas of yellowish-buff color emanating from some of the veins and some opaque alteration from burial, carved as a rectangular block enclosing a cylindrical tube extending beyond the triangular shoulders at either end to form a collar, with a smooth satiny polish, some encrustation
This semi-translucent stone of soft olive-green color with opaque buff mottling and some dark brown coloring in areas that show signs of alteration from burial, the inner and outer edges well finished and the stone with a high, soft polish, some chips
Ritual Disc (Bi)
Chinese Artist
Zhou Dynasty (c.1050-256 BCE) or earlier
Carved from black-flecked, gray stone shading to buff with areas and veins of russet coloring in the form of a rectangular block surrounding a hollowed cylinder extending beyond the sharp triangular shoulders at either end to form a collar, the interior showing evidence of having been carved from both ends
Cong
Chinese Artist
Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1050-771 BCE)
Whitish jade flower-form brushwasher, the deep, five-petaled blossom borne of a blossoming branch which forms an openwork handle to one side where tow chilong frolic with some opaque mottling and brown veining in the stone.
Brush Washer
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or later
Shown with head arched back and resting on its body, some small chips to wings and tail feathers
Recumbent Phoenix
Chinese Artist
Song and Ming dynasty (960-1644)
Rectangular panel with solid beaded motifs, with white, turquoise, black, purple, blue and green beads; Has a house motif in center; mostly small beads, some translucent others opaque, and some large beads on waistband.
Unmarried woman's apron (isiphephetu)
Ndebele Artist
mid-late 20th century
Carved as a long slender blade of slightly curved outline tapering in thickness towards the tip and the cutting edge from an upper, and thicker, flat edge which is a continuation of the narrow, beveled handle, fitted at its end with a short similar section set at the base of a slight saddle with raised edges from which issues a faceted oval ring, the blade now altered from burial to an opaque pale and dark mottled gray with a few translucent buff patches remaining, the ring section somewhat opaq…
Serpentine Knife
Chinese Artist
Warring States Period (c. 475-221 BCE)
Large semi-transparent and opaque amber-colored (yellow or orange-brown) beads, probably copal; large central spherical brown bead; most are spherical, some have squared surface.
Amber Necklace
Somali Artist
20th century
The yellowish-celadon stone well-polished and cut, of rectangular outline, the center with a circular aperture having a lip and base rising beyond the squared corners and forming a slight bevel, the stone with streaks of chalky inclusions and caramel colored patches
Cong
Chinese Artist
Zhou dynasty (1050-256 BCE)
Disc
Disc
Chinese Artist
Neolithic Period or later
Well carved bowl with slightly flaring sides rising from a shallow foot ring, the stone of pale greyish-white tone with opaque white flecks and pale brown mottling and veining throughout, softly and evenly polished.
Bowl
Chinese Artist
17th-18th century
The boulder of irregular triangular shape, carved to one face with Shoulao and an attendant holding a peach, both on a path between a pine tree and lingzhi and a deer, the reverse with a boy beside a waterfall holding a peach branch opposite a peach tree and a crane, the stone of rich yellowish-green tones with extensive russet inclusions and a smooth polish
Boulder with Sage and Attendant in a Cave
Chinese Artist
17th-18th century
Bowl with shallow well-hollowed form, carved around the sides with feathery leaves and floral sprig springing from a collar of petals encircling the flat base, the underside with a flowerhead of overlapping radiating petals, the rim set with two upright floral sprig handles and loose rings, the thin translucent stone of yellowish green color, minute chips
Bowl
Chinese Artist
18th-19th century

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