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Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)

Artist: Freer
Date: c. 3300–2250 BCE
Medium: Jade (nephrite); Diam x D: 18.7 x 1.3 cm (7 3/8 x 1/2 in); Diam (hole): 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in)
Location: National Museum of Asian Art
Credit: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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Freer, Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧), c. 3300–2250 BCE, Jade (nephrite); Diam x D: 18.7 x 1.3 cm (7 3/8 x 1/2 in); Diam (hole): 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in), National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C.

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Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Metadata sourced from National Museum of Asian Art open data collection

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