475 - 221 BCE
H. 4.6 x W. 2 x Thickness 0.9 cm (1 13/16 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 13 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Originally translucent, soft green nephrite now partially calcified to an opaque ivory color
8th-5th century BCEChineseHighly-polished, translucent, light gray-green jade with dark marginal markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStrongly calcified, warm ivory nephrite
6th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent bluish green nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBuff, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseGold with light gray nephrite and dark glass (?) inlays
4th-3rd century BCEChineseUniformly dark olive-green, faintly translucent stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseCalcified celadon-colored nephrite; coated with patches of cinnabar
14th-8th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseTranslucent, light greenish gray nephrite with light brown markings and creamy white calcified streaks
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