12th-11th century BCE
L. 9.5 x W. 1.6 x Thickness 0.3 cm (3 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/8 in.) Weight 15 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Mottled yellowish and bluish green, strongly translucent nephrite with buff markings
ChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseStrongly translucent, mottled light green and light brown nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseGlossy, translucent, light greenish and buff, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd century BCEChineseLight green glass, with a brittle, creamy brown surface layer
3rd-1st century BCEChineseLight buff, slightly translucent nephrite with bluish grey spots and black markings
16th-11th century BCEChineseMottled green and russet, faintly translucent stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseMottled gray-green nephrite
1st millennium CEChineseMottled brownish stone with glossy, polished surfaces
1st-3rd century CEChineseCalcified, grayish white nephrite, originally greenish in color
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent greenish gray nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseBlack nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChinese