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.
late 17th–early 18th century
16th–17th century
12th century B.C.
late 3rd millennium B.C.
14th–13th century B.C.
10th century B.C.
10th century B.C.
3rd millennium B.C.
15th century
about 2000 B.C.
Late 17th century
16th–early 17th century