Ritual ImplementsChinese4th-3rd millennium BCE

Jade 'Bi' Disk

c. 4000 - c. 2000 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Translucent, variegated light and dark green nephrite with light brown areas at opposite arcs

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period

Century

4th-3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Diam. 17.6 x Thickness 0.7 cm (6 15/16 x 1/4 in.) Weight 311 g

Provenance

[A. W. Bahr, March 23, 1929] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1929-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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