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

ca. 1600-1050 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; conical perforation bored mostly from one side; obverse of deep olive green shading to lighter tones mottled with brown, reverse of closely mottled olive greens and medium to dark browns; satin smooth surfaces. (Rim and perforation slightly chipped.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Credit lineDisk (<em>bi</em> 璧). ca. 1600-1050 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.

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