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Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)
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Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)

ca. 3300-2250 BCE · Jade (nephrite (actinolite/tremolite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; mottled shades of olive green and brown with spots of translucent strata in lighter tones; surface dull and weathered; incised decoration alike on both sides depicts phoenix (?) and plant forms and a bovine like mask; outer edge grooved. (Small blemishes and cracks, rough area on rim where whitish disintegrated portion has been partly removed, narrowing the margin.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Subjects
Ceremonial objects
Credit lineDisk (<em>bi</em> 璧). ca. 3300-2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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