4th-3rd century BCE
L. 15.4 x W. 4.1 x D. 3.2 cm (6 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.) Weight 230 g
[C. T. Loo & Co., New York, January 18, 1934] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1934-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Opaque, cream-colored, cinnabar-stained nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseGreenish gray and black stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseTranslucent gray-green, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseBone-colored nephrite with a few pale bluish green spots
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, milky, pale greenish nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMottled gray-green translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBlack nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent whitish and nearly opaque mottled brown nephrite with high gloss
4th-3rd century BCEChineseSoft green nephrite with calcified areas which have turned white and opaque
12th-11th century BCEChineseDark green, fairly translucent stone with light gray and gold-brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOpaque, greenish gray and buff stone with a smooth, matt surface
16th-11th century BCEChinese