206 BCE - 9 CE
L. 11.7 x W. 2.4 cm (4 5/8 x 15/16 in.) Weight 80 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Light green nephrite with light brown spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque greenish gray, largely discolored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseStone
20th centuryChineseTranslucent, pale green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseFine-grained nephrite of the color of old ivory, without any signs of calcification
ChineseCalcified, bone-colored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseGilt bronze and iron
19th centuryTibetanDark bluish green, largely discolored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseGilt bronze with crystal inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGreen, highly translucent nephrite
8th-5th century BCEChineseGray-green nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChinese