c. 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
11.7 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm (4 5/8 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 13 g
Translucent olive-green nephrite handle (Shang period); bronze blade inlaid with turquoise and gold foil (Warring States or Han period)
16th-11th century BCEChineseOpaque, brownish green and dark green nephrite; traces of cinnabar
11th-8th century BCEChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseGold with translucent, light gray nephrite and glass inlays
4th-3rd century BCEChineseMottled whitish nephrite with sparse black veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent greenish and gray nephrite of lighter and darker hues
4th-3rd century BCEChineseGilt bronze
12th centuryJapaneseLight brown nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent, brownish-yellow nephrite with cream-colored spots
8th-7th century BCEChineseEvenly light green, highly translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChinese