Ritual ImplementsChinese4th-3rd millennium BCE
Jade 'Bi' Disk
c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE
Dimensions
Diam. 13.8 x Thickness 1.2 cm (5 7/16 x 1/2 in.) Weight 373 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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