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Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi)

玉穀紋璧

475–221 BCE

China, Warring States period

(475–221 BCE)
Medium
jade (nephrite)
Measurements
Diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift 1952.567
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Location
241A Arts of Ancient China
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The disk's outer rim is incised with a 47-character poem written in seal script, dated to the gengyin year of the Qianlong emperor's reign [1770].

Description

Jade disks of later centuries developed from the Neolithic period’s plain design to incorporate dense surface decoration. This example bears raised dots with finely incised spirals--so-called grain patterns--arranged in diagonal rows.
A pale green jade disk features a flat, circular shape with a central hole. The surface is covered in a dense, uniform pattern of small, raised bumps. Streaks of dark brown and reddish-brown marbling arc across the translucent stone, concentrated in a wide band along the lower right. Smooth edges frame the textured face of the ornament.

Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi)

475–221 BCE

China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)

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