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  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
  • Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds
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Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid and masks with interlaced birds

Classification
Ceremonial Object
Historical period(s)
Western Han dynasty, 206 BCE-9 CE
Object Date
206 BCE-9 CE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x Diam: 27.1 × 7 cm (10 11/16 × 2 3/4 in) Diam (hole): 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in)
Origin
China
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Katharine Graham
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F2002.16a-b
凸面規則網格穀紋和交鳥獸面紋璧
西漢(公元前206--公元9年)
中國
軟玉
直徑27.1、厚0.7釐米;孔徑9.1釐米
凱瑟琳·格雷厄姆遺贈
器物編號:F2002.16a-b
On View Location
Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)
Description
This disk, carved almost identically on both sides, has a large central aperture bordered by a narrow, undecorated ring, followed by a wider band filled with bovinelike monster masks, stylized bodies, and interlocked crested birds. This "animal band" is ringed by a narrow twisted-rope border followed by a wide band filled with comma spirals arranged in a regular grid pattern. A narrow, undecorated ring encircles the outer edge of the disk.

Disk with 2-zoned layout, commas, and interlacing frontal "dragons."

Large Green Archaic Jade Bi Disk
Lightly carved with entwined sinuous birds alternating with stylized bovine masks, encircled by a rope-twist band before faceted studs incised with rice-grain spirals, the greenish stone with icy white inclusions and russet veins
Labeled no. 34
Marking(s)
Labeled no. 34
Past label text
Curatorial Remarks
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