16th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE
5.3 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 5/16 in.) unspecified: 20 g
Translucent light gray nephrite with minute black speckles
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent gray-green, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseTranslucent olive-green nephrite handle (Shang period); bronze blade inlaid with turquoise and gold foil (Warring States or Han period)
16th-11th century BCEChineseNephrite
ChineseTranslucent light green nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseMottled light brown stone with fine dark veins; traces of cinnabar on the surface
16th-11th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseClear, bluish green, highly translucent nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseDark gray-green translucent nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMottled dark brown and deep olive-green, fine-grained stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseBuff, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChinese