8th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE
3.8 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm (1 1/2 x 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Light brown and cream-colored translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseVariegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled gray-green and russet stone
12th-11th century BCEChineseCeladon-green nephrite
3rd-1st century BCEChineseTranslucent, light greenish gray nephrite with brown and rust-colored markings
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBlackish green and light greenish gray nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOlive-green nephrite with whitish veins and small discolored areas
11th-8th century BCEChinesePale green, highly translucent nephrite with specks and areas of dark brown
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight green and brown nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseYellow and amber-colored stone with dark brown veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent olive-green nephrite figure of a crested bird
11th-10th century BCEChineseGreenish-yellow nephrite with light brown spots and traces of cinnabar on the surface
12th-11th century BCEChinese