12th-11th century BCE
H. 11 x W. 3.1 x D. 2 cm (4 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in.) Weight 91 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Light gray and grayish brown stone
ChineseMottled yellow nephrite
1st millennium CEChineseMottled brownish stone with glossy, polished surfaces
1st-3rd century CEChineseBuff, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseFine-grained, cream-colored opaque stone, polished smooth as ivory; traces of cinnabar on one side
ChineseLight gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
3rd millennium BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled light green translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChinese