id:			98298
accession number:	1917.974
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.974
updated:		2025-04-16 18:09:20.369000

Ceremonial Disc (Bi), 3300–2200 BCE. East China, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture (3300–2200 BCE). Jade (nephrite); diameter: 32 cm (12 5/8 in.); overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); inner diameter: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection 1917.974

title:				Ceremonial Disc (Bi)
title in original language:	玉璧
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creation date:			3300–2200 BCE
creation date earliest:		-3300
creation date latest:		-2200
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creditline:			Worcester R. Warner Collection
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culture:	East China, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture (3300–2200 BCE)
technique:	jade (nephrite)
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Neolithic
type:		Jade
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measurements: Diameter: 32 cm (12 5/8 in.); Overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); Inner diameter: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

	title:		China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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PROVENANCE

	Ralph King
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wilson, J. Keith. "Lithic Art in the Bronze Age: A Jade Dagger-Axe." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 1 (1990): 2-35.
	page number: 	Reproduced: back cover; Mentioned: p. 3-4, 31
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160102

	Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. “New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland’s Recent Chinese Acquisitions.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 8 (October 1994): 270–347.
	page number: 	cat. no. 3, p. 346
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

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