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.
Dark bluish green, largely discolored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, pale green nephrite with russet and dark brown markings
3rd-1st century BCEChineseLight buff, slightly translucent nephrite with bluish grey spots and black markings
16th-11th century BCEChineseLight gray-green nephrite with cream-colored markings
19th-20th centuryChineseMottled brown stone with sparse, light gray markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseLargely calcified, ivory-colored jade with a few dimly translucent, olive-green spots
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent olive-green jade, whitish where calcification has taken place
11th-10th century BCEChineseCalcified, creamy white stone
16th-11th century BCEChineseLight gray and reddish brown translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseEarthenware with traces of pigment
8th-12th centuryJapaneseGilt bronze and bronze with traces of blue pigment
18th centuryChineseCast bronze with greenish patina
5th-3rd century BCEChinese