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.
Opaque, cream-colored, cinnabar-stained nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBone-colored, partly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
2nd millennium BCEChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseBronze with greenish patina
6th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green nephrite with a few brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent bluish green nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight greenish gray translucent nephrite
8th-5th century BCEChineseHighly polished, pale greenish and dark brown translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight greenish gray nephrite, with brown and yellow markings and extensive altered areas
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseMottled gray-green and dark brown stone
3rd millennium BCEChinese