475 - 221 BCE
H. 14.2 x W. 1.9 x D. 2 cm (5 9/16 x 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Serpentine
11th-8th century BCEChineseBluish gray marble, calcified in part, with cinnabar stains
12th-11th century BCEChineseFine-grained, smoothly polished, dark grayish green, faintly translucent nephrite with irregular, lighter veins
16th-11th century BCEChinesePolished, originally light bluish nephrite, largely discolored and softened
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseTranslucent, dark green nephrite
4th-1st century BCEChineseMottled dark brown and deep olive-green, fine-grained stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseHighly translucent, beatiful sea-green nephrite with sparse, dark brown markings
ChineseClear, light green nephrite
14th-11th century BCEChineseCast bronze
6th-5th century BCEChineseGreenish gray nephrite with tan and brown markings
5th-4th century BCEChineseGray-green and cream-colored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light brown and cream-colored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChinese