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Glass disk with grain pattern
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Date：Warring States Period(ca.475-221BCE)

Dimensions: Diameter: 11.5cm; thickness: 0.2cm

Origin: Collected in 1965

The disk is flat round, and of bluish white color. In the middle of the disk is a hole to tie a string to wear. One side of the disk is smooth and polished with protruding grain pattern. The other side is unpolished and the grain pattern is not obvious. A glass disk is a replica of the precious jade disk.


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