12th-11th century BCE
L. 20.5 x W. 4.8 x Thickness 0.7 cm (8 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1/4 in.) Weight 206 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Stone
20th centuryChineseStrongly calcified, originally gray-green nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseGreen nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseVery light green translucent nephrite with ivory-colored calcified spots
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseDark gray-green translucent nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStone
ChineseTranslucent olive-green and buff nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseVariegated light brown nephrite
4th-2nd millennium BCEChineseLight gray nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseGreenish gray nephrite with brownish areas
19th-20th centuryChinese