Ritual ImplementsChinese11th-8th century BCE

Jade 'Cong'

c. 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Pale green, highly translucent nephrite with specks and areas of dark brown

Culture

Chinese

Period

Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE

Century

11th-8th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

5.5 x 6 x 6 cm (2 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.) unspecified: 193 g

Related Artworks

Ritual Implements

Squarish Jade Bead with Flanges

Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Pale green and creamy brown nephrite

5th-3rd century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Heavy Jade Knife with Concave Cutouts

Unknown Artist, Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Mottled gray-green and dark brown stone

3rd millennium BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Arc-Shaped Tablet with Bird Figure

Unknown Artist, early 20th century

Opaque mottled green and black hardstone

20th centuryChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade Bird Figure

Unknown Artist, c. 1100 - 771 BCE

Olive-brownish, largely calcified nephrite

11th-8th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Censer with Five Cabriole Legs and Animal-Mask Decor

Unknown Artist, 8th century

Gilt bronze

8th centuryChinese

Ritual Implements

Small Jade Disk in the Form of a Lotus Root

Unknown Artist, early 20th century

Stone

20th centuryChinese

Ritual Implements

Contored Jade Feline

Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Light greenish gray, translucent, partly calcified nephrite

5th-3rd century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Fluted Oval Disk

Unknown Artist, 4th-5th century CE

Light gray-green stone

4th-5th century CEJapanese

Ritual Implements

Small Pendant

Unknown Artist, 20th century

Stone

20th centuryChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade 'Cong'

Unknown Artist, c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE (?)

Mottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite

4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Lamp or Censer with Scenes from the Life of Christ

Unknown Artist, 6th-9th century

Mixed copper alloy

6th-9th centuryByzantine

Ritual Implements

Finial in the Form of Two Addorsed Dragon Heads (for a ceremonial staff)

Unknown Artist, 11th century

Medium-brown lacquer over carved wood

11th centuryChinese