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Cong

CultureLiangzhu, Chinese
Dateca. 3000 B.C.E.
MediumJade
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (3.49 × 3.81 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.27
On View
Not on view
Terms
DescriptionA tubular jade carved with images in its square exterior.Provenance

With Tony Milton, November 2003;

Purchased from Tony Milton by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), by November 2003;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025

Published References
Loya, Oscar Alfredo. "An object that can tell stories..." The Virtual Coe,  (February 25, 2022). https://www.coeartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/VirtualCoe_02.25.2022.pdf.
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