Quadrangular vase in the form of a Neolithic ritual jade object (cong) 13th century China The shape of this tube derives from that of Neolithic jade forms known as cong, and its reappearance in metalwork centuries later is typical of the fascination with earlier cultures that marked the twelfth and the thirteenth centuries. The precise function and meaning of the early jade cong remains a subject for Quadrangular vase in the form of a Neolithic ritual jade object (cong) 42065

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