770 BCE - 476 BCE
6.2 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm (2 7/16 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.) unspecified: 10 g
Light olive-green, strongly translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseHighly translucent, light gray nephrite with bluish black specks and whitish clouds
11th-8th century BCEChineseSerpentine
ChineseStone
20th centuryChineseOpaque greenish nephrite, largely calcified
12th-11th century BCEChineseTurned bronze
9th-10th centuryVietnameseHighly polished, faintly translucent, cream-colored and gray-green nephrite
4th century BCEChineseDeep brown and dark greenish, fine-grained stone with incipient calcification
ChineseGray-green nephrite blade; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseDark gray-green stone with black areas and light markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled black and white stone
18th-19th centuryChineseMottled, pale olive-green, bluish, and cream-colored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChinese