c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 8th cent. BCE
16 cm (6 5/16 in.) unspecified: 346 g
Black nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseGreenish brown and buff, slightly calcified nephrite, showing traces of cinnabar
11th-8th century BCEChineseSmoothly polished cream-colored nephrite
ChineseStrongly translucent, apple-green nephrite with brown streaks and with opaque, light brown areas where calcification has taken place
11th-8th century BCEChineseBrown and cream-colored, partly decomposed nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStrongly calcified bone-white nephrite
6th-5th century BCEChineseBlue-green stone with surface treated to suggest weathering
17th-20th centuryChineseHighly-polished, translucent, light gray-green jade with dark marginal markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray and brownish translucent nephrite with opaque tan spots
11th-8th century BCEChineseGray translucent nephrite with russet veins and markings
19th-20th centuryChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseFragment of a thin-walled ring or bracelet of variegated gray-green neprhite
11th-10th century BCEChinese