date uncertain
L. 15.4 x W. 6.5 cm (6 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Gold with light gray nephrite and dark glass (?) inlays
4th-3rd century BCEChineseWood
8th centuryJapaneseLight greenish gray nephrite, with brown and yellow markings and extensive altered areas
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseLight green and brown, partly discolored nephrite
3rd-1st century BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly gray-green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseStone
ChineseCalcified, cream-colored nephrite, originally translucent pale green
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMottled bluish green nephrite that has largely turned to an opaque, light buff color with dark brown markings
14th-8th century BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseGilt bronze with openwork, incised, and repoussé decoration; from a set housed at the temple Jōgon-in, Shiga prefecture
13th centuryJapaneseGreenish gray and black stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseOriginally olive-brown nephrite, now strongly calcified and partly decomposed
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