BI-1

Polished stone tool : "Bi".
The new stone age in China (Ca. 7000-1600.BC).
This is a special stone tool for a rite. It is said that this shape symbolizes the heavens.
The quality of the material : Muscovite schist.
993g.
D - 174/167mm.
The shape of this stone tool is not a real circle, but an ellipse.
JPY 180.000

BI-2

Explanation is the same as above. But,
The quality of the material : Muscovite schist.
557g.
D - 164/155mm.
The shape of this stone tool is not a real circle, but an ellipse.
JPY 150.000

BI-3

Explanation is the same as above. But,
The quality of the material : Crystalline quarts schist.
213g.
D - 141/135mm.
The shape of this stone tool is not a real circle, but an ellipse.
JPY 200.000

BI-4

Explanation is the same as above. But,
The quality of the material : Muscovite schist.
461g.
D - 147/145mm.
The shape of this stone tool is not a real circle, but an ellipse.
JPY 120.000

BI-5

Explanation is the same as above. But,
The quality of the material : Muscovite schist.
456g.
D - 135/127mm.
The shape of this stone tool is not a real circle, but an ellipse.
JPY 120.000

Shuichi Yamashita
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299-0102, JAPAN
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