15th century-16th century
H. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Fragment of a thin-walled ring or bracelet of variegated gray-green neprhite
11th-10th century BCEChineseBluish green and buff, partly discolored nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque, greenish brown and gray stone; cinnabar remaining in the grooves
1st millennium BCEChineseLight greenish gray nephrite with brown areas
5th-4th century BCEChineseGilt bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseCarved wood with ink and mineral pigments (paper-wrapped rice grain inside?)
15th-16th centuryJapaneseVariegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, light gray-green and brown nephrite with an opaque bone-colored area
20th centuryChineseMottled bluish gray-green stone with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, warm pale green and bone-colored nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseGold with light gray nephrite and dark glass (?) inlays
4th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray-green stone
4th-5th century CEJapanese