COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
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ChineseArtENG~1~1
National Palace English
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Work ID:
M01C00117
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M01C00117
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Title:
An archaistic jade cong
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An archaistic jade cong
Title
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Creation Date:
Ming Dynasty
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Ming Dynasty
Creation Date
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Start Year Date:
A.D.1368
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A.D.1368
Start Year Date
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End Year Date:
A.D.1644
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A.D.1644
End Year Date
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Dynasty:
45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
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45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
Dynasty
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Creation Place:
China
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China
Creation Place
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Measurements:
Height: 18.8 cm; Width (top): 9.6 cm; Width (bottom): 9.3~9.5 cm; Diameter: 8.1~8.3 cm
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Height: 18.8 cm; Width (top): 9.6 cm; Width (bottom): 9.3~9.5 cm; Diameter: 8.1~8.3 cm
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Material:
Jade
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Jade
Material
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Form:
Cong (jade cong)
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Cong (jade cong)
Form
false
Type:
Jades and Other Precious Stones
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Jades and Other Precious Stones
Type
false
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Repository
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Description:
The surface shows a various tonality of brown, though it retains the original greenish white color of jade in some parts. It is a squared pillar in form with a wider top tapering to the bottom. The middle hole is very large, and there are four small holes on the four sides in the bottom. From the design and the large dimension of the jade, it was originally made between the late Neolithic period to the Xia Dynasty in the western region.Interestingly, this cong became a treasure of the Qianlong emperor in the Qing Dynasty. This antique-enthusiast did not know that it was once an important ritual vessel used in an ancestral temple, and that the surface decoration was added much later. He used it as a flower vase, and commissioned a magnificent zitan wood stand and a copper core to accompany the cong. The copper core is decorated with famille rose on one end, and it is essentially a tube that holds water and fits inside the hollow cong. The emperor also composed a poem entitled "Jade bottle of the Han Dynasty," and ordered artisans to inscribe it in the middle trench of the four sides of the cong.
description_e
The surface shows a various tonality of brown, though it retains the original greenish white color of jade in some parts. It is a squared pillar in form with a wider top tapering to the bottom. The middle hole is very large, and there are four small holes on the four sides in the bottom. From the design and the large dimension of the jade, it was originally made between the late Neolithic period to the Xia Dynasty in the western region.Interestingly, this cong became a treasure of the Qianlong emperor in the Qing Dynasty. This antique-enthusiast did not know that it was once an important ritual vessel used in an ancestral temple, and that the surface decoration was added much later. He used it as a flower vase, and commissioned a magnificent zitan wood stand and a copper core to accompany the cong. The copper core is decorated with famille rose on one end, and it is essentially a tube that holds water and fits inside the hollow cong. The emperor also composed a poem entitled "Jade bottle of the Han Dynasty," and ordered artisans to inscribe it in the middle trench of the four sides of the cong.
Description
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ImageV ID:
M01C00117AS003
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M01C00117AS003
ImageV ID
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Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications
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Lee & Lee Communications
Rights
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