Disk (bi 璧)

Object Details

• Description

  Mottled jade bi 璧, greenish jade with rust mottling throughout the plain circular disk.

• Provenance

  To 2000

  Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001). [1]

  From 2000

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Collections Management Notes #2, “Gift accepted 12/21/00 before Mrs. Lorentz' death on 1/27/01, however this item was included as a bequest to the Freer in her will as number #(xxi) and noted as:

  "mottled jade Bi, greenish jade with rust mottling throughout the plain circular disc, diameter 7 inches."

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001)

• Origin

  Lake Tai region, China

• Culture

  Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

• Credit Line

  Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 2000s, BCE 3000s

• Name

  Lorentz, Elizabeth Meyer

• Place

  Lake Tai region, China

• Topic

  Art, Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE), Chinese Art, Nephrite, Jade

• Culture

  Chinese, Liangzhu culture

• Object Type

  Ceremonial objects