4th cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE
0.5 x 14.7 cm (3/16 x 5 13/16 in.) unspecified: 201 g
Cast bronze. Probably from Shandong province.
7th-6th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseLight brown, highly translucent stone with dark brown markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseStone, silver, cotton
19th centuryOttomanGrayish, discolored nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBluish gray nephrite, partly calcified, with traces of soil and cinnabar
16th-11th century BCEChineseThirteen sections of nephrite of varying shades, held together by an iron core
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBluish gray-green nephrite, showing signs of incipient calcification
16th-11th century BCEChineseLight olive-green and cream-colored translucent nephrite, showing signs of incipient calicification; traces of cinnabar on the right side
ChineseWhite, polished, partly corroded marble
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseLight brown and gray nephrite with traces of cinnabar
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light gray-green nephrite with fine black veins
11th-8th century BCEChinese