6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
48.2 x 36.3 cm (19 x 14 5/16 in.)
Translucent, light brown and cream-colored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseMottled light and dark gray, slightly translucent nephrite pebble
12th-11th century BCEChineseGreenish brown and buff, slightly calcified nephrite, showing traces of cinnabar
11th-8th century BCEChineseFragment of a thin-walled ring or bracelet of variegated gray-green neprhite
11th-10th century BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseStrongly translucent, whitish nephrite with black edges and buff and brown clouds
16th-11th century BCEChineseFinely polished, partly calcified light brown nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseGrayish brown stone
16th-11th century BCEChineseIron with gold inlay.
JapanesePale sea-green nephrite turned mottled brown and buff on the exterior
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCarved wood with ink and mineral pigments(?) (originally with dharani-wrapped rice grain)
15th-16th centuryJapaneseDark olive-green neprhite with cream-colored streaks
5th-3rd century BCEChinese