3rd-2nd century BCE
L. 14.4 x D. 3.4 x W. 1.8 cm (5 11/16 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.) Weight 92 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Translucent pale green nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque, greenish gray and buff stone with a smooth, matt surface
16th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light brown and cream-colored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseGilt and silvered bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseEvenly light gray-green nephrite
5th century BCEChineseGold with nephrite and glass inlays and a silver knob
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBrownish and yellow translucent nephrite
ChineseBluish grey-green nephrite with whitish markings and a few calcified spots, showing faint reddish brown stains
14th-11th century BCEChineseFaintly translucent, mottled light brown and gray nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGrayish brown stone
16th-11th century BCEChineseMottled light brown stone with fine dark veins; traces of cinnabar on the surface
16th-11th century BCEChineseMottled brown nephrite
18th-19th centuryChinese