Harvard Art Museums > 1943.50.576: Jade 'Bi' Disk Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Jade 'Bi' Disk , 1943.50.576,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204611. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.50.576 Title Jade 'Bi' Disk Other Titles Alternate Title: pi Classification Ritual Implements Work Type disk Date c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204611 Physical Descriptions Medium A creamy gray-colored, fine-grained, opaque stone, polished to a soft sheen Dimensions Diam. 22 x Thickness 0.7 cm (8 11/16 x 1/4 in.) Weight 623 g Published Text Catalogue Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Authors Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber Publisher Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975) Catalogue entry no. 89 by Max Loehr: 89 Pi Disk Plain disk, large but not heavy, of a creamy, gray-colored, fine-grained, opaque stone, polished to a soft sheen. The perforation is circular, drilled from both sides and ground smooth. Shang or later. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.50.576 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 89, p. 89 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
