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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.515
Title
Jade 'Bi' Disk
Other Titles
Alternate Title: pi
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204870

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Strongly translucent, apple-green nephrite with brown streaks and with opaque, light brown areas where calcification has taken place
Dimensions
0.9 x 11.2 cm (3/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
unspecified: 205 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. 87 by Max Loehr:

87 Pi Disk
Strongly translucent, apple-green stone with brown streaks and with opaque, light brown areas where calcification has taken place. Small, sturdy piece, polished smooth except for a curved ledge on one side and a straight ledge on the reverse side. The hole is asymmetrically conical, drilled from one side, and left rough at the narrow edge. Shang(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.515
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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. 87, p. 86

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