Group of 6 cong (symbol of the earth) | Yale University Art Gallery

3rd millennium B.C.E.

Medium: Jade
Dimensions: see remarks: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Howard Balensweig, B.S. 1943, and Mrs. Carolyn Balensweig
Accession Number: 1972.123.8a-f
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Liangzhu culture (3200–2200 B.C.E.)
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Dr. Howard Balensweig, (1921–2011) and Carolyn Balensweig, (born 1945), New York: given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1972

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