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; mottled medium to dark olive greens and brown, shot with pale quartz-like streaks; profuse earth-colored encrustation and incipient disintegration; shallow saw marks and some pitted areas. (Rim chipped.)
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