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 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.)