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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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Thick perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored obliquely from both sides; mottled pale, bluish-green, olive green, and dull, dark brown, entire surface speckled and roughened with small dark particles that protrude even through the grayish areas of incipient disintegration. (Rim chipped and broken in several places.)

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