c. 1700 BCE - c. 1000 BCE
15.5 x 3.2 cm (6 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.) unspecified: 148 g
Strongly translucent, whitish nephrite with black edges and buff and brown clouds
16th-11th century BCEChineseCream, tan, and light gray nephrite with blackish spots
8th-5th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinesePale gray-green and bone-colored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseMottled dark green and buff nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseTranslucent greenish nephrite with decomposed, cream-colored specks; traces of cinnabar
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseCeladon-green nephrite blade with brown and dark gray markings; bronze socket
ChineseMottled light brown stone with fine dark veins; traces of cinnabar on the surface
16th-11th century BCEChineseMildly translucent, light gray nephrite
12th-10th century BCEChinesePale sea-green nephrite turned mottled brown and buff on the exterior
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDark brown and beige mottled nephrite
3rd century BCEChinese