National Museum of Asian Art
Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Large perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving heavy median ridge; mottled olive greens with traces of red and golden brown, profuse greenish-white clouding of incipient disintegration; both surfaces are satin smooth, one has a large and two small saw marks. (Rim rough and broken in three areas.)
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