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29. A N eolithic Grayish-Green Jade Disc ( Bi )
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300–2250 B.C.
with wide thick sides smoothly polished all over, the small central aperture drilled from both sides
leaving a narrow ledge at the middle, with original rough areas on both sides and at the outer
edge polished in antiquity but not ground flat, the surface of pale grayish-green tone with cloudy
mottling all over.

Diameter 6 ⁄8 inches (16.3 cm)
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Compare the jade bi disc with thick sides, unearthed from M14 at the Liangzhu site in Fanshan, Yuhang district, Hangzhou
city, Zhejiang province, illustrated in Yao kun meiyu: Liangzhu bowuyuan cang Liangzhu wenhua yuqi jingcui (Beautiful Jade:
Selected Liangzhu Jades from the Collection of the Liangzhu Museum), Beijing, 2011, p. 139, no. 32.

อͩኜࣛ˾cԄଃ͗ᓴcࢰ 16.3᩶Ϸ

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