c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE
12.6 x 1.4 cm (4 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Evenly light gray-green nephrite
5th century BCEChineseVariegated apple-green serpentine with grayish white clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent stone in a relatively dark shade of celadon-green, becoming a greenish brown along the straight edge which has no teeth
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent greenish white nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGreenish gray nephrite with brownish areas
19th-20th centuryChineseWood
19th centuryTibetanTranslucent olive-green nephrite figure of a crested bird
11th-10th century BCEChineseSlightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseDark bluish green, largely discolored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseLight gray nephrite with bluish black specks
5th-3rd century BCEChinese