c. 1050-771 BCE
H. 5.1 x W. (of vessel) 4.4 x D. 4.1 cm (2 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.) Weight 168 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Yellowish green translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite with cream colored spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent, variegated light and dark green nephrite with light brown areas at opposite arcs
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish green, fine-grained nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent olive-green nephrite, partily discolored by calcification
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight creamy brown, mildly translucent nephrite, smoothly polished
11th-8th century BCEChinesePale greenish nephrite with brown markings and streaks
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStone
ChineseFaintly 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 BCEChineseGilt bronze
20th centuryJapaneseVariegated green, brown, and buff nephrite
1st-3rd century CEChineseBone-colored, faintly translucent segment of a nephrite disk
11th-8th century BCEChinese