Object: Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid, fragment FSC-S-78a-c

Classification: Ceremonial Object

Historical period(s): Warring States period, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 475-221 BCE

Object Date: 475-221 BCE

Medium: Jade

Dimension(s): Diam x D: 13.9 × 0.3 cm (5 1/2 × 1/8 in)

Origin: China, North Gate of Changsha Tomb

Credit Line: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

Collection: Freer Study Collection

Accession Number: FSC-S-78a-c

: 凸面規則網格谷紋璧（殘損）
東周戰國時期（公元前475--221年）
中國，疑似湖南長沙（即楚國境）
軟玉
高2.4、寬8、厚0.6釐米
柯強考古研究收藏贈送
器物編號：FSC-S-78a-c

Provenance: From 1935–37 to 1991
John Hadley Cox (1913 2005), Las Vegas, Nevada [1]

From 1991
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada [2]

Notes:

[1] Excavated by the donor outside the North Gate at Changsha between September 1935 and August 1937. See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

[2] See Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, Collections Management Office.

Previous owner(s): John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

Curatorial Remarks

1. (John Hadley Cox, 1991) Decorated with whorls as shown in funerary banner from Ma-wang-dui 馬王堆.
2. (Jeffrey Smith per Louise Cort, August 20, 2012) Department changed to Ancient Chinese Art. John Hadley Cox's collection was distinguished by consisting only of Eastern Chou [Zhou] 周 through Han 漢 (with a very few Tang 唐) objects collected in Changsha 長沙. We can't go wrong with an Early Chinese Art classification for all his non ceramic objects. "Later Chinese Art and Buddhist Sculpture" is understood to be Tang 唐 and later.
3. (Najiba Choudhury, March 9, 2015) Transferred from the Provenance text field: "Excavated by the donor outside the North Gate at Changsha 長沙 between September 1935 and August 1937."
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, June 6, 2023) Title changed from "Fragments from jade disk" to "Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid, fragment"; added Period One as "Eastern Zhou dynasty"; added Period Two as "Warring States period"; added Date of "475-221 BCE"; and added Chinese Translation by Jingmin Zhang.

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