Ritual ImplementsChinese3rd-1st century BCE
Plain Quadrangular Jade Belt or Shroud Plaque (one from a set of six)
206 BCE - 9 CE
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Jade Statuette of a Bearded Old Man (one of a pair)
Unknown Artist, 206 BCE - 220 CE (?)
Greenish gray and black stone
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Jade Tiger (one of a pair)
Unknown Artist, 3rd century BCE
Dark brown and beige mottled nephrite
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Jade Fish Silhouette
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE
Discolored, calcified nephrite, coated with cinnabar
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Triangular Jade Plaque (from a set of five plaques)
Unknown Artist, possibly 1100 - 771 BCE
Buff, partly calcified nephrite
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Jade Belt Hook
Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE
Evenly light brown and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
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Jade 'Bi' Disk
Unknown Artist, 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Strongly translucent, apple-green nephrite with brown streaks and with opaque, light brown areas where calcification has taken place
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Jade Fish Sihouette (one of a pair)
Unknown Artist, possibly 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Light bluish gray translucent nephrite
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Unknown Artist, 5th-4th century BCE
Greenish gray nephrite with tan and brown markings
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Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe (one of two)
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE
Brownish and yellow translucent nephrite
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Unknown Artist, c. 1699 BCE -1028 BCE
Nephrite
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Small Jade Bird Figure
Unknown Artist, c. 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Translucent olive-green nephrite, partily discolored by calcification
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Unknown Artist
Dark brown stone
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