6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
2.7 x 5.8 cm (1 1/16 x 2 5/16 in.) unspecified: 3 g
Gilt bronze; with lightly incised inscription
12th-14th centuryJapaneseMottled bluish green nephrite that has largely turned to an opaque, light buff color with dark brown markings
14th-8th century BCEChineseHighly polished, faintly translucent, cream-colored and gray-green nephrite
4th century BCEChineseLight brown, faintly translucent nephrite
4th century BCEChineseCreamy yellow, slightly translucent nephrite blade; bronze haft
16th-14th century BCEChineseIvory with traces of cinnabar
1st millennium CEChineseMottled dark green and buff nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseLight brownish green translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTurned bronze
9th-10th centuryVietnameseTranslucent, light brown nephrite with slightly corroded and opaque areas
5th-3rd century BCEChineseUniformly dark olive-green, faintly translucent stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseGray-green nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChinese