• Disk (bi 璧)
  • Disk (bi 璧)

Disk (bi 璧)

Classification
Ceremonial Object
Maker(s)
Artist: Liangzhu culture 良渚 (ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE)
Historical period(s)
Late Neolithic period, ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Object Date
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
Diam x D: 22.4 x 1.4 cm (8 13/16 x 9/16 in)
Origin
China, Lake Tai region, purportedly found in Zhejiang province
Notes
purportedly found in Zhejiang province
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1917.347

新石器時代晚期良渚文化(公元前3300--2250年)
中國太湖地區,傳浙江出土
軟玉
直徑22.4、厚1.4釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1917.347
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (C.L. Freer source) (late 19th-early 20th century)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving sharp, irregular median ridge; richly mottled brilliant greens, black, and veins of golden brown, one side darker; proportions irregular; surface satin smooth. (Rim slightly chipped.)

Acquired with a box, now lost.
Past label text
Curatorial Remarks
Published References
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