3rd century BCE
H. 7.7 x W. 12 x Thickness 0.5 cm (3 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 3/16 in.) Weight 35 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Greenish gray translucent nephrite with brown and dark brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray, russet, and dark brown nephrite
4th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent, light celadon-green nephrite with blackish brown streaks
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGreenish gray and black stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseBarely translucent, brownish green and russet stone
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseTranslucent, light brown nephrite with slightly corroded and opaque areas
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight green and brown, partly discolored nephrite
3rd-1st century BCEChinesePale celadon-colored, translucent nephrite with light and dark brown markings
4th-3rd century BCEChineseGray-green translucent nephrite with brown markings and flaws
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseOpaque, greenish brown and gray stone; cinnabar remaining in the grooves
1st millennium BCEChineseGreenish gray and blackish, faintly translucent stone with calcified areas
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent, pale green and brown nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChinese