Object: Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid S1987.661

Classification: Ceremonial Object

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

Object Date: 475-221 BCE

Medium: Jade (nephrite)

Dimension(s): H x W x D: 4.1 × 4.1 × 0.5 cm (1 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 3/16 in)

Origin: China

Credit Line: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

Accession Number: S1987.661

: 凸面規則網格谷紋璧
東周戰國時期（公元前475-221年）
中國
軟玉
直徑24.9、厚0.4釐米；孔徑
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.661

Provenance: To 1964
J. T. Tai and Co., New York, NY [1]

From 1964 to 1987
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY, purchased from J. T. Tai and Co., New York, NY, in 1964 [2]

From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]

Notes:

[1] J. T. Tai's stockcard no. YT 1068, according to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation on October 9, 2009.

[2] See note 1.

[3] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

Previous owner(s): J. T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950)
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

Curatorial Remarks

1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 29, 2008) "Jewelry" and "Ornament" added as secondary classification.
2. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 14, 2010) (Susan Kitsoulis, 7 December 2009) Object Name changed from "Pendant (yuan 瑗)" to "Jewelry."
3. (Jeffrey Smith per Matthew Clarke, July 25, 2022) Medium changed from Jade to Jade (nephrite).
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, June 6, 2023) Classification changed from "Jewelry and Ornament" to "Ceremonial Object"; Object Name changed from "Pendant" to "Ceremonial object: disk (bi)"; Title changed from "Pendant (yuan)" to "Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid"; added Period Two as "Warring States period"; Date changed from "5th-4th century BCE" to "475–221 BCE"; and added Chinese Translation by Jingmin Zhang.

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