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.
Gilt bronze
7th-9th centuryChinesePale green nephrite with white streaks
16th-11th century BCEChineseLight brownish green translucent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStrongly translucent, white, yellowish, and brown jade with a lustrous polish
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseBronze with gold and silver inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight grayish brown and cream-colored nephrite, slightly calcified and barely translucent
ChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseBright, light green nephrite with smoke-brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMetal
19th centuryJapaneseStrongly calcified, ivory-colored nephrite; traces of cinnabar
12th-11th century BCEChineseDeep green translucent nephrite, very slightly calcified
11th-8th century BCEChineseBlack stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChinese