possibly 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
8.7 x 2.8 x 0.3 cm (3 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in.) unspecified: 17 g
Light buff, slightly translucent nephrite with bluish gray spots and black markings
12th-11th century BCEChineseWood with metal tip
TibetanMottled green and light green nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseGilt bronze
19th centuryJapaneseOpaque buff nephrite with traces of cinnabar
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight brown nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseMottled, olive-greenish nephrite with whitish markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseGreen, highly translucent nephrite
8th-5th century BCEChineseDiscolored, calcified nephrite, coated with cinnabar
ChineseWhite jadeite with emerald-green markings, the stone of Burmese origin
19th centuryChineseStrongly calcified, originally gray-green nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMetal
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