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
Polished, originally light bluish nephrite, largely discolored and softened
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseLight brownish gray translucent nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent light green nephrite with opaque buff clouds; southeast Neolithic piece modified in the northwest
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseStone
ChineseTranslucent greenish white nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBrownish yellow, faintly translucent, partly calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseDeep green, faintly translucent nephrite, flecked with whitish green
2nd millennium BCEChineseMottled light gray and whitish opaque nephrite blade; bronze haft
16th-11th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinese