12th-11th century BCE
W. 0.7 x L. 6.7 x Thickness 1.1 cm (1/4 x 2 5/8 x 7/16 in.) Weight 8 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Nephrite
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16th-11th century BCEChinesePale greenish gray stone with white, calcified areas and brown markings
12th-11th century BCEChineseBronze with gold and silver inlay and with inset pieces of jade, glass, and semi-precious stone
ChineseCreamy brown nephrite; traces of cinnabar
9th-8th century BCEChineseGray translucent nephrite with russet veins and markings
19th-20th centuryChineseHighly polished, pale greenish and dark brown translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseFaintly greenish, almost colorless glass, the surface of which is coated with an unevenly creamy white and slightly irridescent substance, probably due to weathering and decomposition
3rd-1st century BCEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseFine-grained nephrite of the color of old ivory, without any signs of calcification
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12th-11th century BCEChineseLight gray and russet, translucent stone with whitish and dark gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese