12th-11th century BCE
H. 26 x W. 8.3 cm (10 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.) Weight 512 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Light green nephrite with light brown spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGreenish yellow nephrite
ChineseLight greenish gray translucent nephrite
8th-5th century BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGreenish, partly discolored nephrite
14th-11th century BCEChineseEvenly light gray-green nephrite
5th century BCEChineseNephrite blade; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th 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 BCEChineseStone
ChineseLight gray stone
11th-8th century BCEChineseStrongly translucent, whitish nephrite with black edges and buff and brown clouds
16th-11th century BCEChineseGilt bronze with inlaid glass
7th-10th centuryChinese