probably 1100 - 771 BCE
H. 2.1 x W. 3.5 x D. 0.3 cm (13/16 x 1 3/8 x 1/8 in.) Weight 5 g
Mottled light brown stone with fine dark veins; traces of cinnabar on the surface
16th-11th century BCEChineseFinely polished, partly calcified light brown nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light gray-green nephrite with fine black veins
11th-8th century BCEChineseMottled light and dark brown stone with a small green patch on the inner wall
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePolished, translucent, pale greenish gray nephrite with buff, calcified spots
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseMottled yellowish and bluish green, strongly translucent nephrite with buff markings
ChineseSea-green translucent nephrite with brownish clouds and dark brown veins
11th-8th century BCEChineseOlive-green and russet nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseVariegated apple-green serpentine with grayish white clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOpaque grayish yellow stone with brownish veins and black areas
19th-20th centuryChineseLight buff, slightly translucent nephrite with bluish grey spots and black markings
16th-11th century BCEChinese