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.
Mottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent light green nephrite blade with opaque buff clouds; bronze socket
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseTranslucent, evenly white nephrite with traces of cinnabar
6th-5th century BCEChineseDeep black stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseBone
14th-13th century BCEEgyptianCreamy white, translucent nephrite
16th-11th century BCEChineseEvenly light gray-green nephrite
5th century BCEChinese
Domesticated cattle rib bone
2nd century BCEHighly polished, faintly translucent, cream-colored and gray-green nephrite
4th century BCEChinesePale greenish nephrite with brown markings and streaks
5th-3rd century BCEChineseHeavy piece of olive-green nephrite with smoke-brown and buff clouds
3rd century BCEChinese