5th century BCE
H. 11.8 x W. 1.7 x Thickness 1 cm (4 5/8 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 43 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Light green nephrite with light brown spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGreenish gray nephrite with tan and brown markings
5th-4th century BCEChineseOriginally translucent, soft green nephrite now partially calcified to an opaque ivory color
8th-5th century BCEChineseDark olive-green neprhite with cream-colored streaks
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseLight brown, partly discolored nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBone-colored nephrite with a few spots of original greenish hue
5th-3rd century BCEChineseDark gray-green translucent nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite with cream colored spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCast bronze
6th-5th century BCEChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChinese