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Ritual Object (Bi)

mid-3rd millennium BCE
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Object Information
  • 新石器時代良渚文化 玉璧
  • Title: Ritual Object (Bi)
  • Period: Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture (ca. 3200–2000 BCE)
  • Date: mid-3rd millennium BCE
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Jade (nephrite)
  • Dimensions: Diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
  • Classification: Jade
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.112
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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