date uncertain
W. 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
Light gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseWood
19th centuryTibetanThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseOpaque, gray-brown and greenish stone
1st-3rd century CEChineseSerpentine
ChineseTranslucent, light greenish gray nephrite with brown and rust-colored markings
4th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseStrongly translucent, white, yellowish, and brown jade with a lustrous polish
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseCreamy brown nephrite; traces of cinnabar
9th-8th century BCEChinesePale greenish nephrite with calcified, cream-colored spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBluish green and gray nephrite with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCarved wood with ink and mineral pigments (paper-wrapped rice grain inside?)
15th-16th centuryJapanese