Jade 'Bi' Disk | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.526
Title: Jade 'Bi' Disk
Other Titles: Alternate Title: pi
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: disk
Date: possibly c. 3000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Neolithic period
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/199014

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Large and heavy disk of an inferior stone of brownish and greenish color, with a smooth but dull surface.
Dimensions: 1.5 x 24.1 cm (9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
unspecified: 1414 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. 11 by Max Loehr:

11 Pi Disk
Large and heavy disk of an inferior stone of brownish and greenish color, with a smooth but dull surface. Flaws and pitted area on the underside. Circular, conical perforation drilled from the upper side. Neolithic or later.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.526

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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 11, p. 41

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