Circular Disk (Bi)
1st century B.C.
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueJade, nephrite
Dimensions5.9 cm. diameter of disc; 2.0cm. diameter of perforation
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.971
On View
Not on viewClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenanceBought by Mr. Okakura in Peking, May 1912.
12th century B.C.
late 3rd millennium B.C.
14th–13th century B.C.
10th century B.C.
3rd millennium B.C.
Late 17th century
2nd millennium B.C.
2nd century B.C.
early 3rd millennium B.C.
17th or 18th century
about 1200–1000 B.C.