12th-10th century BCE
L. 16.3 x W. 0.8 x Thickness 0.4 cm (6 7/16 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 11 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Mottled gray-green nephrite, calcified to a creamy yellow tone in areas
11th-10th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light celadon-green nephrite with blackish brown streaks
5th-3rd century BCEChineseClouded pale green and bluish green nephrite
10th-9th century BCEChineseBone-colored nephrite that has largely lost its translucency
1st-3rd century CEChineseTranslucent, pale green nephrite with two smoke-brown areas
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseVariegated apple-green serpentine with grayish white clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly dark brown, faintly translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseEvenly dark green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseBronze
19th centuryTibetanTranslucent, evenly gray-green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseSlightly translucent, yellowish gray alabaster
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
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