COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
Record
Work ID:
M01C00112
Title:
Jade disc of eternal joy
Creation Date:
Eastern Han Dynasty
Start Year Date:
A.D.25
End Year Date:
A.D.220
Dynasty:
15 Eastern Han (A.D.25~220)
Creation Place:
China
Measurements:
Height: 16.55 cm; Diameter: 13.47 cm; Diameter (hole): 2.9cm; Thickness: 0.47cm
Material:
Jade
Form:
Bi (jade disc)
Type:
Jades and Other Precious Stones
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description:
Carved of translucent green jade, part of the disc is brown.The jade is conventionally perforated, incised, and carved in sgraffito skillfully. Three flat, circular ridges separate the disc into three regions. The inner region is the hole, the middle region is decorated with nipple patterns, and the outer region is perforated to render a phoenix pattern, which extends beyond the outer edge of the disc. We call this design with extending decoration "outbound jade disc". Two characters, "changle," meaning eternal joy, are perforated on the two ends of the outer region along the central axis.
ImageV ID:
M01C00112AS001
Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications