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

ca. 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 mostly from one side leaving slight ridge; mottled shades of light to dark olive and blue greens, with delicate veinings of golden brown on one surface only; surface satin smooth with several circular saw marks on one side; traces of earth incrustation in slight cracks. (Rim chipped in two areas.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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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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