COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
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ChineseArtENG~1~1
National Palace English
Collection
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Work ID:
M01C00108
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M01C00108
Work ID
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Title:
Jade inscribed disc with grain patterns
title_e
Jade inscribed disc with grain patterns
Title
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Creation Date:
Warring States Period to Early Western Han Dynasty
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Warring States Period to Early Western Han Dynasty
Creation Date
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Start Year Date:
B.C.481
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B.C.481
Start Year Date
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End Year Date:
B.C.141
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B.C.141
End Year Date
false
Dynasty:
10 Warring States Period (481~221 B.C)
dynasty
10 Warring States Period (481~221 B.C)
Dynasty
false
Dynasty:
11 Qin Dynasty (221~206 B.C.)
dynasty
11 Qin Dynasty (221~206 B.C.)
Dynasty
false
Dynasty:
13 Western Han (206 B.C.~A.D.9)
dynasty
13 Western Han (206 B.C.~A.D.9)
Dynasty
false
Creation Place:
China
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China
Creation Place
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Measurements:
Diameter: 10.96 cm; Diameter (hole): 4.5 cm; Thickness: 0.48 cm
measurements_e
Diameter: 10.96 cm; Diameter (hole): 4.5 cm; Thickness: 0.48 cm
Measurements
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Material:
Jade
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Jade
Material
false
Form:
Bi (jade disc)
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Bi (jade disc)
Form
false
Type:
Jades and Other Precious Stones
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Jades and Other Precious Stones
Type
false
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Repository
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Description:
The semi-translucent disc has a large, tonal, brown speck near the outer edge. The disc has a refined shape, and it contains an interior and exterior ridge, which is a narrow and protruding edge in the Warring States period. The surface is filled with tiny and round grain patterns. In regards to the material, dexterity, and polishing, this jade is of the best quality among extant examples. Another unique feature of this jade is five abstruse, inscribed characters on the outer edge.Quite a few jade discs with inscribed characters on the outer edge are excavated, and most of them are for recording numbers in nature. A disc with grain patterns excavated from Zuojiatang of Changsha, Hunan province, is inscribed with four characters that read, "four hundred eleven," on the outer edge. The National Palace Museum jade contains five characters, in which the last three characters read thirty-nine, but the first two characters cannot be deciphered yet. Perhaps they indicate position.
description_e
The semi-translucent disc has a large, tonal, brown speck near the outer edge. The disc has a refined shape, and it contains an interior and exterior ridge, which is a narrow and protruding edge in the Warring States period. The surface is filled with tiny and round grain patterns. In regards to the material, dexterity, and polishing, this jade is of the best quality among extant examples. Another unique feature of this jade is five abstruse, inscribed characters on the outer edge.Quite a few jade discs with inscribed characters on the outer edge are excavated, and most of them are for recording numbers in nature. A disc with grain patterns excavated from Zuojiatang of Changsha, Hunan province, is inscribed with four characters that read, "four hundred eleven," on the outer edge. The National Palace Museum jade contains five characters, in which the last three characters read thirty-nine, but the first two characters cannot be deciphered yet. Perhaps they indicate position.
Description
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ImageV ID:
M01C00108AS001
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M01C00108AS001
ImageV ID
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Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications
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Lee & Lee Communications
Rights
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