Date: Liangzhu Culture (c. 5,400 to 4,300 years ago)

Dimensions: Height 39.3 cm, Upper width 8.1 cm, Lower width 7.1, Inner diameter of upper hole 5.0 cm

Material: Jade

• Object Type：
  • JADE
• Location：
  • Ancient Chinese Jade Gallery
• Tag：
  • cong tube humanoid-deity mask bird liangzhu culture jade

This piece of work is a typical artefact of later Liangzhu Culture. With a height of 39.3 cm and 15 sections, it belongs to the larger pieces of the jade Cong of this kind both at home and abroad. On the four sides of each section it is decorated with symmetrical simplified anthropomorphic mask patterns. It is rare to see such a flying bird pattern on the top opening.