475 BCE - 221 BCE
0.6 x 11.6 cm (1/4 x 4 9/16 in.) unspecified: 121 g
Stone
ChineseIron
19th centuryTibetanMottled dark brown and deep olive-green, fine-grained stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseLight olive-green and cream-colored translucent nephrite, showing signs of incipient calicification; traces of cinnabar on the right side
ChineseLight gray and grayish brown stone
ChineseStone
20th centuryChineseMottled light and dark brown stone with a small green patch on the inner wall
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, pale greenish jade with cream-colored areas
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseDark gray-green stone with black areas and light markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseCarved ivory with traces of red pigment
14th-11th century BCEChinesePolished, originally light bluish nephrite, largely discolored and softened
1st century BCE-1st century CEChinesePale green nephrite with russet markings and a dark brown spot
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese