Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Genre
- Ceremonial object
Styles
Tags
nephriteChinese ArtjadeArtLate Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)Charles Lang Freer collection
About
Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving pronounced median ridge; closely mottled shades of green and golden to dark browns with spots of translucent strata; partially covered with smooth gray incipient disintegration; long shallow gouges or saw marks on both surfaces. (Rim rough and broken in several areas.)