National Museum of Asian Art
Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧) with incised glyph
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Very large perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving median ridge; mottled dark and light greens, golden tan, and brown; cream-colored cloudings and white veins of decomposition on obverse, profuse on reverse; decoration: light incised device. (Break and chip on rim.)
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