National Museum of Asian Art
Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Very thick perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving median ridge; mottled dark greenswith scattered browns and black, shot with translucent veinings and spots of tan and lighter green; traces of whitish incipient disintegration; marks of round saw on one surface. (Rim broken and chipped in several areas.)
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