Notched disk
- Medium
- Jade (serpentine)
- Genre
- Ceremonial object
Styles
Tags
serpentine (mineral)Chinese ArtjadeShang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)Art
About
Disk marked by three sweeping arcs with a coordinated pattern of serrated fins; inscribed straight lines perpendicular to one another on one face; opaque creamy gray-green with green and black inclusions. (One light crack runs from the perimeter to the hole.)
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