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Ceremonial Tube (Cong)

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与良渚玉琮同形,但纹饰简化得多。把两件并排看,就能明白一种器形如何在失去原初信仰之后继续被制作。

Date
Shang
Period
约公元前 1600–前 1046 年
Category
Jade
Material type
Jade
Material
玉(透闪石)
Dimensions
通高 20.6 厘米
Collection of
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Chinese Art Galleries
Accession number
1915.630

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与良渚那件的差别

大都会藏的良渚玉琮四角满是分层的神人兽面纹,这一件的四角几乎只剩几道横线与竖槽。形还在,纹没了——这通常被解释为:琮被沿用,但它原本承载的图像系统已经失传或不再被理解。

为什么值得单独做一页

本站一期最想验证的正是这种"并置阅读"。实体展厅里,良渚琮在新石器展厅、商代琮在商代展厅,隔着两栋楼;网页可以把它们放进同一个对照模块,用户一次滑动就能看出八百年与一千年的距离。

影像与元数据来自克利夫兰艺术博物馆开放数据接口(CC0);中文说明由本站按公开资料整理。

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