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Triangular Jade Plaque Shaped as a Bird (from a set of five plaques)
Unknown Artist, possibly 1100 - 771 BCE
Buff, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Spearhead in a Bronze Socket
Unknown Artist, 12th-11th century BCE
Gray-green nephrite blade; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Axe-Shaped Jade Tablet
Unknown Artist, c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Mottled dark green translucent nephrite with light gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade 'Huang' Segment with Plastic Curls
Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE
Greenish brown, much calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Socketed Finial in the Form of a Bird (One of a Pair)
Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE
Gilt bronze with crystal inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Bird Figure
Unknown Artist, c. 1100 - 771 BCE
Olive-brownish, largely calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Disk with Relief Pattern of Hexagons
Unknown Artist, 206 BCE - 9 CE
Translucent, pale green nephrite with two smoke-brown segments at the periphery
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Ornament in the Form of a Silk Worm
Unknown Artist, date uncertain
Light green and black nephrite
1st millennium CEChineseRitual Implements
Belt Hook with Figural Decoration, possibly the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu)
Unknown Artist, 2nd century BCE
Gold with blue and white glass inlay and with fragment of wooden support on the reverse
2nd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Animal Figure (one of a pair)
Unknown Artist, late 19th - early 20th century
Translucent gray-green nephrite with whitish parallel streaks
19th-20th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Small Sculpture in the Form of a Bird with a Human Head
Unknown Artist, 5th-3rd century BCE
Cast bronze with inlays of gold, silver, and turquoise
5th-3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved Tang
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Strongly calcified, ivory-colored nephrite
16th-11th century BCEChinese