object

Cong

Objects · Rituals · Traditions

A named square-outer, round-inner jade tube of early Chinese ritual. Not a ding, not a bi, and not jade as a material.

Chinese tradition

  • Cong appears in Chinese tradition.

    Laufer’s Jade treats the cong as a named squared jade tube of early Chinese rite. A named form in that survey, not the bi disc and not generic jade.

    from Berthold Laufer · Jade, 1912

    appears in · sourced · culturally specific

sources

  • Jade · Berthold Laufer

    Berthold Laufer, Jade: A Study in Chinese Archaeology and Religion.