c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Diam. 13.2 x Thickness 0.6 cm (5 3/16 x 1/4 in.) Weight 142 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Light gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
3rd millennium BCEChineseIrregularly rounded, sturdy disk of a fine-grained, mottled dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight olive-green translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseGrayish green stone with light gray veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight grayish green translucent nephrite with tan and whitish markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly dark green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseLarge and heavy disk of an inferior stone of brownish and greenish color, with a smooth but dull surface.
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, deep celadon-green and opaque, bone-colored nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green nephrite with russet markings and a dark brown spot
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGreen stone
4th-1st millennium BCEChinese