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Circular Disk

10th century B.C.
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueGreen nephrite
Dimensions19 cm. diameter of disc; 5.5 diameter of perforation
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.948
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenanceBought by Mr. Okakura in Peking, May 1912
Blade (zhang)
12th century B.C.
Round Ritual Implement (Bi)
14th–13th century B.C.
17th or 18th century
Short Ritual Implement (Yue)
late 3rd millennium B.C.
Axe with one perforation (Gui)
Unknown Chinese
10th century B.C.
Circular Disk (Bi)
1st century B.C.
Sounding Stone: Qing
Late 17th century
Ceremonial blade (zhang)
about 1200–1000 B.C.