475 BCE - 221 BCE
0.5 x 4 cm (3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Mottled dark green and buff opaque nephrite, stained with cinnabar
11th-10th century BCEChineseVariegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, deep celadon-green nephrite with a few whitish markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinesePale greenish, partly discolored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseGreen stone
4th-1st millennium BCEChineseLight gray and grayish brown stone
ChineseTranslucent greenish and gray nephrite of lighter and darker hues
4th-3rd century BCEChineseSeven sections of variegated pale green, bluish, and dark russet nephrite, held together by an iron core.
4th century BCEChineseClouded gray-green, nearly opaque nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseGilt bronze and rock crystal
12th-14th centuryJapanese