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 obliquely from both sides, leaving median ridge; mottled light to medium dark greens with some wine-red strata; satin smooth surface with areas of grayish-white incipient disintegration; several small smooth saw marks on both sides. (Rim broken in two areas and two chips.)