南宋† 銅琮式瓶, Quadrangular tube in the form of a cong, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 12th–13th century, China, Bronze, H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Metalwork, 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
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南宋† 銅琮式瓶, Quadrangular tube, form, cong, Southern Song dynasty, 1127–1279, 12th–13th century, China, Bronze, H, 8 3/8, 21.3 cm, W, 2 3/4, 7, D, Metalwork, shape, tube derives, Neolithic jade, forms, reappearance, metalwork centuries, later, typical, fascination, earlier cultures, marked, twelfth, thirteenth
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