4th century BCE
Diam. 20.6 x Thickness 0.6 cm (8 1/8 x 1/4 in.) Weight 445 g
[C. T. Loo & Co., New York, May 18, 1932] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1932-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Greenish brown, much calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray, russet, and dark brown nephrite
4th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent light gray nephrite with brownish markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseClouded, translucent grayish green nephrite with variegated light brown markings on one side and large areas of dark brown and grass-green on the other; with imperially inscribed poem around the rim dating to 1766
4th century BCEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite with cream colored spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTortoise-shell colored nephrite with areas of incipient calcification
4th-3rd century BCEChineseLight sea-green, highly translucent nephrite with dark brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent olive-green and buff nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent gray-green stone with streaks of black particles
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBuff and opaque nephrite with brown markings and a small area of green
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGrayish, discolored nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseHighly translucent, evenly light green nephrite with dark brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChinese