16th-11th century BCE
L. 8.2 x Diam. 1 cm (3 1/4 x 3/8 in.) Weight 10 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Olive-green nephrite with whitish veins and small discolored areas
11th-8th century BCEChineseDeep green, faintly translucent nephrite, flecked with whitish green
2nd millennium BCEChineseBuff, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseSilvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseGreen malachite with patches of black matrix
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseGray-green translucent nephrite with brown markings and flaws
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseWhite glass with a greenish tinge
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseGreen and black nephrite
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