ID: 700008573 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008573	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Disk (Bi) (bi (ceremonial disk); unknown Chinese; Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-9 CE); 2nd century BCE; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 2008.286)

Titles:

Disk (Bi) (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bi (ceremonial disk) [300265726] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by function>, funerary sculpture)

Classifications:

jades (preferred)

Creation Date: 2nd century BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Chinese; Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-9 CE) [preferred,VP]

artist unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2008.286

Credit Line: Purchase, Sir Joseph Hotung Gift, 2008

Display Materials: jade (nephrite)

	jade (rock) [300011119]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	nephrite [300011120]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, tremolite)

Dimensions: 8 1/4 inches (21 cm)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Western Han [300018391] (preferred,dynasty)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods, Han (Chinese| culture| style| period))

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred,isness,purpose)

funerary (purpose)

Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm E. McPherson , San Francisco (early 1970s–2008; to Christie's ; sale, Christie's, New York , March 19, 2008, lot 479; to MMA

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Disk (Bi)	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]