• Disk (bi 璧)
  • Disk (bi 璧)

Disk (bi 璧)

Classification
Ceremonial Object
Historical period(s)
Late Neolithic period, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE
Object Date
ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
Diam x D: 16.8 x 0.7 cm (6 5/8 x 1/4 in) Diam (hole): 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in)
Origin
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1917.136

新石器時代晚期,公元前3000--1700年
中國
軟玉
直徑16.8、厚0.7釐米;孔徑6.2釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1917.136
On View Location
Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
Tonying and Company 通運公司 (C.L. Freer source) (established 1902)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Thin perforated disc of the type pi [bi] 璧; translucent, mottled light golden browns and pale yellowish green; outer edge uneven and much thinner than at perforation; several dark strata cracks.

Acquired with a box, now lost.

(Jenny F. So, Jade Project Database, March 24, 2009) Possibly late Neolithic. Coarse grained material, light golden brown and pale yellowish green. Unevenly round, uneven thickness, edge thinner than center at hole. Surface repolished smooth; convex profile of hole also suggests repolishing of biconical hole.
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