10th-9th century BCE
Chord 14.1 x W. 4 x Thickness 0.4 cm (5 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 61 g
[A. W. Bahr, March 23, 1929] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1929-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Slightly calcified, translucent yellowish brown nephrite
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11th-8th century BCEChineseDark brown and beige mottled nephrite
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4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOpaque mottled green and black hardstone
20th centuryChineseTranslucent, brownish-yellow nephrite with cream-colored spots
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4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseMottled light gray and whitish opaque nephrite blade; bronze haft
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12th-14th centuryJapaneseTranslucent greenish white, partly calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStone
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