206 BCE - 9 CE
H. 6.2 x W. 3.2 x D. 1.2 cm (2 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.) Weight 34 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Black nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseMottled green and gray stone
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseVariegated gray-green stone with black veins
19th-20th centuryChineseBluish gray, translucent, brown-flecked stone
19th-20th centuryChineseIvory with traces of cinnabar
ChineseBone-colored nephrite with a few pale bluish green spots
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent olive-green and buff nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseStone
MongolianOpaque stone, mottled bluish gray and whitish, with adherences of soil
ChineseMottled gray-green stone with brown markings and black streaks, with scattered earthy concretions
12th-11th century BCEChineseNephrite
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