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131. An Archaic Jade Disc ( Bi )
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9)
finely carved on both sides with a wide frieze filled with three taotie masks with long horns curling
symmetrically to either side, overlapping and entwined with limbs ending in long claws in a complex
repeating pattern, the main field filled with small faceted bosses defined by a precise grid of shallow
grooves enclosed by narrow incised ropetwist borders, the inner and outer rims neatly squared, the
mottled yellowish green stone polished to a high gloss.
Diameter 5¼ inches (14 cm)

Compare the jade bi disc of this size carved with a very similar pattern in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji (The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum),
Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 254, no. 212.

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