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Disk (<em>bi</em>) with raised linked curls
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Disk (<em>bi</em>) with raised linked curls

475-221 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. Areas of translucent golden tan almost covered with opaque cream and tan coating of decomposition. Decoration: in low relief and incised, grain pattern on both sides in interlocked concentric rows of spirals. (Rim slightly chipped.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Ceremonial objects
Credit lineDisk (<em>bi</em>) with raised linked curls. 475-221 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment. CC0.
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