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

3300-2250 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

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; bored from both sides, leaving slight median ridge; richly mottled olive greens and tan to golden browns with scattered, lighter, translucent strata, small blackish area near rim on one side only; profuse delicate veinings with earth incrustations; decoration: grain pattern in form of semi circular knobs in high relief between plain beveled margins.

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