206 BCE - 9 CE
H. 1.7 x W. 5.8 cm (11/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Greenish gray, dimly translucent stone of homogeneous color and texture
8th-5th century BCEChineseOriginally olive-brown nephrite, now strongly calcified and partly decomposed
ChineseMottled brownish stone with glossy, polished surfaces
1st-3rd century CEChineseSeven sections of variegated pale green, bluish, and dark russet nephrite, held together by an iron core.
4th century BCEChineseLight green and brown nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent stone in a relatively dark shade of celadon-green, becoming a greenish brown along the straight edge which has no teeth
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseIron
JapaneseMottled gray-green stone with brown markings and black streaks, with scattered earthy concretions
12th-11th century BCEChinesePale greenish white translucent nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseStone
MongolianMottled brown stone with sparse, light gray markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseOriginally dark green, but now largely discolored and opaque nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChinese