475 BCE - 221 BCE
L. 8.3 x W. 3.7 x D. 3.1 cm (3 1/4 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.) unspecified: 56 g
[C. T. Loo & Co., New York, March 29, 1935] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1935-1943), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1943
Buff nephrite
14th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent creamy brown nephrite partly covered by a calcareous deposit
11th-8th century BCEChineseOriginally olive-brown nephrite, now strongly calcified and partly decomposed
ChineseOlive-green and buff nephrite
ChineseBrownish and yellow translucent nephrite
ChineseTranslucent, milky white nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque greenish nephrite, largely calcified
12th-11th century BCEChineseSea-green translucent nephrite with brownish clouds and dark brown veins
11th-8th century BCEChineseOlive-brownish, largely calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseMottled green and gray nephrite blade with dark brown markings and with deposits of earth and bronze oxide on both faces; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseSlightly translucent, yellowish gray alabaster
11th-8th century BCEChinese