possibly c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
1 x 15.8 cm (3/8 x 6 1/4 in.) unspecified: 476 g
Pale green glass
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseMetal
ChineseFine-grained, cream-colored opaque stone, polished smooth as ivory; traces of cinnabar on one side
ChineseOpaque gray stone
8th-5th century BCEChineseBuff nephrite
14th-8th century BCEChineseMilky white nephrite with a greenish tinge
5th-1st century BCEChineseOriginally olive-brown nephrite, now strongly calcified and partly decomposed
ChineseTranslucent, light greenish gray nephrite with light brown markings and creamy white calcified streaks
ChineseLight gray, nearly opaque and partly calcified stone
1st-3rd century CEChineseWhite jade mounted on bronze and silver wire clips
19th-20th centuryChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChinese