Detail View: The AMICA Library: Cong prism or bracelet

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1950.519
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Dates/Places: 
Chinese Asia,East Asia,China
Creator Name-CRT: 
Anonymous
Title: 
Cong prism or bracelet
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
front view
Creation Date: 
Late Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c.2800 B.C. - c.2400 B.C.
Creation Start Date: 
-2800
Creation End Date: 
-2400
Materials and Techniques: 
Mottled tan and green jade.
Classification Term: 
Jade
Subject Description: 
The corners of the pyramid are rounded. The sides have plain vertical bands in the center, and are crossed by incised lines with greatly simplified masks, one at each corner, placed in such a way that the vertical edge corresponds to the center of the nose-ridge. Inside of cone evenly finished, except for some grooves near one end.
Creation Place: 
Asia,East Asia,China
Dimensions: 
3.0 x 11.2 cm.1 3/16" total hgt; 4 3/8" greatest diam.; 7/8" greatest thickness.
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1950.519
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E14061.TIF