National Museum of Asian Art
Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving pronounced median ridge; richly mottled olive greens and reddish to dark browns; traces of cream-colored incipient disintegration on obverse, more plentiful on reverse; circular saw marks on obverse. (Rim chipped in several places.)
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