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Outer diameter: 25
cm, hole diameter: 4.2 cm, thickness: 1.25
cm
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Originally dark green and brown, much of this jade
has a web-like pattern of greyish-white discoloration. The
outline of the disc is round with imperfections along the
rim. The hole is small in relation to the disc and was
drilled from both sides with traces of the drilling still
visible. About 0.8 cm from the edge is an engraved motif 4.3
cm tall of a "sacred bird standing atop an altar". The lower
part of the bird and the inside of the altar are no longer
visible and only the three beads are prominent. This is a
typical example of a jade disc from the late Liang-chu
Culture.