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Perforated Disc (Pi)

3000–2000 BCE

China, Neolithic period

(3000s–2000s BCE)
Medium
jade
Measurements
Diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.); Inner diameter: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.628
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Location
Not on view
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A flat, circular jade disc features a round hole centered in the middle. Its colors move from warm tan and muted green to irregular, dark brown patches. Fine, vein-like cracks mark the stone, including a large brown section at the bottom edge and small spots scattered across the right. The material is smooth with variations in opacity, shifting from light tan on the upper left to deep, earthy brown at the bottom.

Perforated Disc (Pi)

3000–2000 BCE

China, Neolithic period (3000s–2000s BCE)

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