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.
Light green nephrite with tan spots, turning dark brown at the lower end
3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep green, translucent, very slightly calcified nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseLight gray, nearly opaque and partly calcified stone
1st-3rd century CEChineseClear, bluish green, highly translucent nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChinesePale yellowish green translucent nephrite with tan and brown markings
5th-4th century BCEChineseIron
19th centuryTibetanTranslucent pale green nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseLight greenish gray translucent nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
ChineseBlack nephrite with very faint markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinese