Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi)

玉穀紋璧

475–221 BCE
Diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
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The disk's outer rim is incised with a 47-character poem written in seal script, dated to the gengyin year of the Qianlong emperor's reign [1770].

Description

Jade disks of later centuries developed from the Neolithic period’s plain design to incorporate dense surface decoration. This example bears raised dots with finely incised spirals--so-called grain patterns--arranged in diagonal rows.
Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi)

Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi)

475–221 BCE

China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)

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