6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
2.7 x 5.2 cm (1 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.) unspecified: 3 g
Strongly translucent, apple-green nephrite with brown streaks and with opaque, light brown areas where calcification has taken place
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight green and brown nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseClouded, translucent grayish green nephrite with variegated light brown markings on one side and large areas of dark brown and grass-green on the other; with imperially inscribed poem around the rim dating to 1766
4th century BCEChineseOpaque stone, mottled bluish gray and whitish, with adherences of soil
ChineseMottled dark brown and deep olive-green, fine-grained stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent light green stone with large, opaque buff-colored areas
ChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, variegated light and dark green nephrite with light brown areas at opposite arcs
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlack stone with a dark gray band and faint grayish markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseGreenish gray, dimly translucent stone of homogeneous color and texture
8th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent, warm pale green and bone-colored nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinese