206 BCE - 9 CE
L. 8.5 x W. 2.6 x D. 1.4 cm (3 3/8 x 1 x 9/16 in.) Weight 46 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Greenish brown, much calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight greenish gray translucent nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCalcified celadon-colored nephrite; coated with patches of cinnabar
14th-8th century BCEChineseBlackish brown nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, mottled green nephrite
8th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with tan and dark brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseUniformly dark olive-green, faintly translucent stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseGray translucent nephrite with russet veins and markings
19th-20th centuryChineseMilky, pale green and light brown translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseYellowish-buff nephrite with sparse whitish and terracotta-colored markings
12th-10th century BCEChineseGreenish white nephrite with sparse, light brown and gray markings
3rd century BCEChinesePale green and creamy brown nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChinese