c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE
0.2 x 0.8 x 13 cm (1/16 x 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.) unspecified: 59 g
Grayish, discolored nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePale green, blackish brown, and russet nephrite with minor flaws
19th-20th centuryChineseDeep green, faintly translucent nephrite, flecked with whitish green
2nd millennium BCEChineseOpaque, bone-colored and dark olive-green jade with traces of a dull reddish pigment
ChineseOriginally greenish-colored nephrite, now calcified chalk-white, with earth and cinnabar adhering to the surface
11th-10th century BCEChineseVariegated gray-green stone with black veins
19th-20th centuryChinesePale greenish nephrite with tan markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCreamy white nephrite, clouded with light gray, beginning to decompose at the now blunted point of the blade
16th-11th century BCEChineseBuff nephrite
14th-8th century BCEChineseBlack stone with a dark gray band and faint grayish markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseOpaque, mottled buff stone with a few bluish green patches
5th-3rd century BCEChineseNephrite
2nd millennium BCEChinese