475-221 BCE
H. 5 x W. 1.7 x Thickness 0.7 cm (1 15/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.) Weight 11 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Stone
ChineseOpaque, light brownish green and slightly calcified cream-colored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseBone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and creamy white, partly calcified nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChinesePale, translucent green nephrite with creamy brown markings
3rd century BCEChineseGreenish yellow nephrite
ChineseBluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseBronze
19th centuryTibetanDeep green, translucent, very slightly calcified nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseTranslucent gray-green, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight bluish gray translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseEvenly light gray-green nephrite
5th century BCEChinese