ID: 700001969 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001969	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Cong (cong (ceremonial vessel); Unknown Chinese; 3000/2000 BCE; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); AK-MAK-51; RM001.collect.1874)

Note: A square-based cylinder, with a round hole drilled through it lengthways. Relief lines have been added to the corners. The pattern seems abstract at first, but faces can be discerned: horizontal and vertical lines suggest eyes, nose and hair. This is a 'cong'. The cong is approximately 5,000 years old and originates from a prehistoric culture in China, the Liangzhu culture. A cong was a gift to the dead, sometimes one of many buried along with the deceased: graves have been found which contained some 30 congs. The cong is made of jade, a precious stone which is hard and therefore difficult to work.

Titles:

Cong (preferred,C,U,D,RP,Dutch-P,U,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cong (ceremonial vessel) [300265725] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

Classifications:

ceremonial (preferred)

Chinese art

sculptures

Creation Date: 3000/2000 BCE

Creator Display:

Unknown Chinese [preferred,VP]

anoniem [,VP]

unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: AK-MAK-51; RM001.collect.1874

Credit Line: Bruikleen van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst..

Other: Creation: Zhongguo [1000111] Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: jade

	jade (rock) [300011119]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: 32.5 x 7 cm

Events:

exhibition: Déluge et catastrophes - II, 2007-02-01 - 2007-04-29

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	faces (animal components) [300251798]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: bruikleen 1972

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... Cong van donkergroene en donkerbruine jade, ingedeeld in twaalf banden.

Sources and Contributors:
Cong	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-51?lang=en; http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-51/cong; accessed 12 September 2012

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

....................... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-51?lang=en; http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-51/cong; accessed 13 September 2012

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-51?lang=en; accessed 13 September 2012
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-51/cong; accessed 12 September 2012