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Disk (<em>bi</em>) with raised hexagons arranged in a grid, dragon, and feline
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The elaborate openwork design of a dragon in sweeping curves resembling clouds and a feline with a twisted body in profile suggests a narrative and setting that extend beyond pure decoration. Disks such as this, created from pale green nephrite of exceptional quality, are extremely rare and have been found only in royal tombs.
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Credit lineDisk (<em>bi</em>) with raised hexagons arranged in a grid, dragon, and feline. 100-220. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
