11th century
17.3 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm (6 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 15/16 in.)
Translucent celadon-green nephrite with tan and dark brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque, ivory-colored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseMottled dark green and buff opaque nephrite, stained with cinnabar
11th-10th century BCEChineseBrown nephrite
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseStone
ChineseCarved wood with ink and mineral pigments (paper-wrapped rice grain inside?)
15th-16th centuryJapaneseStone
20th centuryChineseStrongly calcified, ivory-colored nephrite; traces of cinnabar and earth
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified nephrite, stained with cinnabar
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseCeladon-green nephrite
3rd-1st century BCEChinese