4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE
8.4 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm (3 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 15/16 in.) 90 g
Bluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseLight brown nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseBluish gray, translucent, brown-flecked stone
19th-20th centuryChineseCalcified, opaque white nephrite with small patches of cinnabar adhering
16th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, pale green nephrite with two smoke-brown segments at the periphery
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite with sparse white speckles
11th-8th century BCEChineseYellow and amber-colored stone with dark brown veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseWhitish stone with stained surface
20th centuryMottled greenish gray nephrite with light markings and signs of incipient calcification
ChineseTranslucent, pale greenish nephrite with buff and gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCreamy buff stone with brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese