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.
Mottled yellow nephrite
1st millennium CEChineseWhitish translucent nephrite with calcification
5th-3rd century BCEChineseSoft green nephrite with calcified areas which have turned white and opaque
12th-11th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseWhitish, almost transparent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePale greenish nephrite with calcified, cream-colored spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent, dark green nephrite
4th-1st century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseOpaque light brown, partly calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
9th-8th century BCEIranianCarved ivory with traces of cinnabar; possibly from Changsha, Hunan province
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGilt bronze with openwork, incised, and repoussé decoration; from a set housed at the temple Jōgon-in, Shiga prefecture
13th centuryJapanese