16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
8 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm (3 1/8 x 13/16 x 7/16 in.)
Light gray stone and green and yellowish nephrite
1st-3rd century CEChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseOriginally olive-brown nephrite, now strongly calcified and partly decomposed
ChineseStone
20th centuryChineseMottled light green and whitish nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light grayish green nephrite
ChineseMottled light brown stone with fine dark veins; traces of cinnabar on the surface
16th-11th century BCEChineseCarved wood with ink and mineral pigments (paper-wrapped rice grain inside?)
15th-16th centuryJapaneseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseMottled olive- and cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent light green nephrite blade with opaque buff clouds; bronze socket
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinese