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Jade Pi Disk
Han Dynasty
(206 B.C. - A.D. 220)
Diameter: 26.4 cm
Thickness: 0.65cm
The soft round disk
was always appealing to
the Chinese, remaining a
popular shape throughout
history. Han-dynasty disks
are typified by the presence
of decorations. This disk
has two different pattern
designs, the inner circle
being covered with comma-
patterns, and the outer
circle decorated with split-
body serpents bearing frontal
heads. Jade disks such as
this were either gifts or
funerary items.