possibly 1100 - 771 BCE
H. 2.3 x W. 1.5 x D. 0.2 cm (7/8 x 9/16 x 1/16 in.) Weight 2 g
Light gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseSemi-transluscent pale olive-green nephrite with brown patches
ChineseOlive-green translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent, milky, pale greenish nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze with jade fitting and wood handle
20th centuryTibetanOpaque, creamy buff nephrite, the surface of which is polished perfectly smooth and shiny
12th-10th century BCEChineseMottled greenish and light brown nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseOriginally greenish-colored nephrite, now calcified chalk-white, with earth and cinnabar adhering to the surface
11th-10th century BCEChineseMottled light and dark brown stone with a small green patch on the inner wall
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCreamy white nephrite, clouded with light gray, beginning to decompose at the now blunted point of the blade
16th-11th century BCEChineseCalcified greenish brown nephrite blade with traces of cinnabar; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light gray-green stone with brown clouds
19th-20th centuryChinese