Mottled green and gray nephrite blade with dark brown markings and with deposits of earth and bronze oxide on both faces; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise

12th-11th century BCEChinese

Ritual Implements

Jade "Pi" Disk with Concave Walls

Unknown Artist

Nephrite

Chinese

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Slender Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved and Crenelated Tang

Unknown Artist, 12th-10th century BCE

Yellowish-buff nephrite with sparse whitish and terracotta-colored markings

12th-10th century BCEChinese

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Jade Bell-Shaped Plaque

Unknown Artist, date uncertain

Brown nephrite

1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChinese

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Jade Pig (one of a pair)

Unknown Artist, 25 CE - 220 CE

Highly translucent pale green and opaque cream-colored nephrite

1st-3rd century CEChinese

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Composite Jade Belt Hook

Unknown Artist, 4th century BCE

Seven sections of variegated pale green, bluish, and dark russet nephrite, held together by an iron core.

4th century BCEChinese

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Oblong Jade Tablet (one of a pair)

Unknown Artist, possibly 475 - 221 BCE

Dark gray-green translucent nephrite with brown markings

5th-3rd century BCEChinese

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Asymmetrical Jade Knife

Unknown Artist, 770 BCE - 221 BCE (?)

Green and black nephrite

Chinese

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Thin Jade Scepter

Unknown Artist, Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 BCE - c. 1700 BCE

Black nephrite

2nd millennium BCEChinese

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Jade Cicada in the Round

Unknown Artist, 3rd century BCE

Highly polished, translucent yellowish and opaque cream-colored nephrite

3rd century BCEChinese

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Jade Segment of a Large Disk

Unknown Artist, c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Opaque brownish gray nephrite enclosing a large area of translucent bluish green nephrite with whitish clouds

4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese