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Source 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.
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Document identity
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130197
label
Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi)
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130197
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object
title
Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi)
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.
date
475–221 BCE
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CC0
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en
wikidata
Q60759118
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Jade
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
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China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
accession
1952.567
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jade (nephrite)
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Ceremonial Disk with Grain Pattern (Bi) (玉穀紋璧), 475–221 BCE. China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Jade (nephrite); diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1952.567
titleInOriginalLanguage
玉穀紋璧
collection
China - Zhou Dynasty
didYouKnow
The disk's outer rim is incised with a 47-character poem written in seal script, dated to the <em>gengyin </em>year of the Qianlong emperor's reign [1770].
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Carved Jades.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 41, no. 4 (April 1954): 67–68, 71.
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Anonymous Gift
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2026-05-29 06:43:43.179000
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130197
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Chinese Art
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China - Zhou Dynasty
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jade (nephrite)
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