6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
Gilt bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseCreamy yellow, slightly translucent nephrite blade; bronze haft
16th-14th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light greenish gray nephrite with light brown markings and creamy white calcified streaks
ChineseStone
20th centuryChineseIvory with traces of cinnabar
ChineseGray translucent nephrite with russet veins and markings
19th-20th centuryChineseOriginally translucent, deep brownish green nephrite has mostly turned opaque ocher, while some areas show white, softened substance resulting from calcification
ChineseIron
JapaneseFaintly greenish, almost colorless glass, the surface of which is coated with an unevenly creamy white and slightly irridescent substance, probably due to weathering and decomposition
3rd-1st century BCEChineseCarved wood with ink and mineral pigments (paper-wrapped rice grain inside?)
15th-16th centuryJapaneseTranslucent gray-green stone with streaks of black particles
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGreen and brown nephrite
1st millennium CEChinese