1. Bought from K. T. Wong [Wang Jiantang] 王鑑堂, of Shanghai, in New York, NY. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 313.
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Chou [Zhou] 周. See further, S.I. 1355, Appendix IX.
3. (Isabel Ingram Mayer, 1945) Late Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty. For discussion of type "pi [bi] 璧," see Folder Sheet F1939.14, note 3.
4. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.898. Decomposed.
5. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 8, 2008) "Ceremonial Object" added as secondary classification.
6. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, April 20, 2010) Object Name changed from "Disk (bi 璧)" to "Ceremonial object."
7. (Jeffrey Smith per Janet Douglas, May 12, 2010) "Nephrite" added as modifier to existing medium of "Jade" based on conservation analysis.
8. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 10, 2010) Title changed from "Disk (bi 璧)" to "Disk (bi 璧) with knobs." Added "Warring States period." Date changed from "5th-3rd century BCE" to "ca. 475-221 BCE."
9. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, June 5, 2023) Title changed from "Disk (bi) with knobs" to "Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid"; and added Chinese Translation by Jingmin Zhang.
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