475 BCE - 221 BCE
3.9 x 2.5 x 0.4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 8 g
Light gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseSerpentine
11th-8th century BCEChineseCast bronze with greenish patina
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight brown nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseOpaque greenish nephrite, largely calcified
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light greenish gray neprhite with sparse brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOlive-brownish, largely calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseDeep sea-green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite, carved in the round
12th-11th century BCEChineseDeep green, translucent, very slightly calcified nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseGray-green nephrite blade; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChinese