Name: "Pi" Disc Meaning in Jade Jewelry (aka Hololith, Donut, Bi) ft. Don Kay formerly of Mason-Kay Jade
Uploaded: 2024-11-09T07:25:32.000Z
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The B, spelled P-I, a round disk with a hole in the middle, an image commonly seen in Chinese historical artifacts and jade jewelry today.

Don, what does this iconic symbol represent?

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It's one of the longest things carved in jade.

It really wasn't jewelry until much later.

It was huge, sometimes, you know, a foot across.

In burial jade, the deceased is laid to rest with a B under his head and a cun on his chest.

Cun, you know, represents the earth, B, the heavens.

So you're residing between heaven and earth, as it were.

It became jewelry, oh, I don't know, a few hundred years ago, really.

The hole can't be too big, or it's called an annular ring or a hololith.

It should be about a third to a quarter of the diameter of the whole thing to be, you know, a B.

That's, I think, probably the symbol that is most asked about.

Would you say it's one of the more common symbols in jade jewelry?

If you're cutting a jade rough, you've got a bunch of stuff left over, sometimes not thick enough for a calve, sometimes not big enough for a carving.

Yeah, I like to wear jade, and it's supposed to be close to the skin.

 Well, I haven't been hit by a car yet, you know.

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"Pi" Disc Meaning in Jade Jewelry (aka Hololith, Donut, Bi) ft. Don Kay formerly of Mason-Kay Jade

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