475 - 221 BCE
H. 3.6 x W. 5.3 x L. 7.6 cm (1 7/16 x 2 1/16 x 3 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Opaque, bone-colored stone, partially decomposed
5th-3rd century BCEChineseSerpentine
11th-8th century BCEChineseWood covered with leather; cloth tassel
19th centuryTibetanEvenly dark brown, faintly translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseHighly polished, translucent yellowish and opaque cream-colored nephrite
3rd century BCEChinesePale gray-green and bone-colored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseClouded gray-green, nearly opaque nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseClear, pale green nephrite with whitish speckles
1st-3rd century CEChineseTranslucent, pale brownish-green nephrite
4th-3rd century BCEChineseGreenish white nephrite with sparse, light brown and gray markings
3rd century BCEChineseHighly translucent pale green and opaque cream-colored nephrite
1st-3rd century CEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChinese