19th century
H. 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
Bronze with gold and silver inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque, bone-colored nephrite with a few dark green spots; partly coated with red pigment
ChineseCast bronze. Probably from Shandong province.
7th-6th century BCEChineseLight buff, slightly translucent nephrite with bluish grey spots and black markings
16th-11th century BCEChineseBrownish yellow, faintly translucent, partly calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseGreen nephrite; the incised designs probably modern
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseLight greenish gray nephrite with brown markings, polished to a hard gloss
1st-3rd century CEChineseStrongly calcified nephrite, originally pale gray-green in color
16th-11th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseSilvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseStone
20th centuryChinese