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 median ridges; obverse: mottled, lustrous shades from cream to dark mahogany brown; reverse has a paint like surface of warm tan with a cloudy dark brown area; both surfaces speckled with dark strata marks. (Rim has old and recent chipped areas and one probable mend.)
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