475 BCE - 221 BCE
0.5 x 4 cm (3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Evenly dark brown, faintly translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent yellowish nephrite cut from a fragment of a narrow disk
16th-11th century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent gray and smoke-brown nephrite
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseOlive-green and gray nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseCalcified and discolored nephrite, orginally olive-green in color
ChineseBuff and opaque nephrite with brown markings and a small area of green
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray-green stone
4th-5th century CEJapaneseSilvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseVariegated gray-green stone with black veins
19th-20th centuryChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChinese