475 - 221 BCE
H. 51.2 x W. 36.8 x D. 31.1 cm (20 3/16 x 14 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.) Weight 66 lb.
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Stone
20th centuryChineseOlive-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
14th-11th century BCEChineseGilt bronze and bronze with traces of blue pigment
18th centuryChineseLight gray nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseClouded grayish brown nephrite
10th-9th century BCEChineseLight gray and reddish brown translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with small, whitish clouds
2nd millennium BCEChineseCarved ivory with traces of red pigment
14th-11th century BCEChineseYellowish gray translucent nephrite with signs of incipient calcification
3rd-1st century BCEChineseWhite glass with a greenish tinge
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseLight bluish gray translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseGreenish yellow nephrite
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