Buddhist Altar Implement Representing One of the Eight Buddhist Treasures: Canopy on a Lotus Base

Translucent whitish and nearly opaque mottled brown nephrite with high gloss

Opaque, cream-colored and whitish nephrite, somewhat calcified

Pale green nephrite with whitish markings and a glossy polish

Light yellowish brown, partly calcified, faintly translucent nephrite

Originally translucent, deep brownish green nephrite has mostly turned opaque ocher, while some areas show white, softened substance resulting from calcification

Greenish yellow translucent nephrite

Bluish green nephrite with extensive, calcified white areas

Soft green nephrite with calcified areas which have turned white and opaque

Pale greenish, partly discolored nephrite

Celadon-green nephrite

Buff colored nephrite; probably cut down from a larger piece

Mottled gray-green nephrite, calcified to a creamy yellow tone in areas