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Work of Art Details

Cong

Description: At the corners of this object are the rudiments of masks, one over the other. Notice the incised round eyes.

Artist: Anonymous (Chinese)
Created: 3rd millennium BC
Medium: jade
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 2 15/16 in. (16.5 x 7.5 cm)

Period: Neolithic

Country: China

Provenance: Dr. John C. Ferguson Collection Sale, American Art Association, April 7, 1916, no. 57; Henry Walters, Baltimore, April 7, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1916
Accession No. 42.340