Disc (Bi)
This type of jade disc (bi) was found primarily in burials and buried caches. According to ancient Chinese cosmology, heaven is regarded as a circle and the earth a square. A jade bi thus represented the circular heaven. It was believed that placing these discs on the deceased...
Artifact
| id |
id
16542
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_42.317_Prof_TR_T90IV.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_42.317_Prof_TR_T90IV.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_42.317_Prof_TR_T90IV.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.317 |