770 BCE - 221 BCE (?)
0.3 x 10.2 cm (1/8 x 4 in.) unspecified: 40 g
Mottled olive- and cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep green, translucent, very slightly calcified nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseOpaque, brownish green and dark green nephrite; traces of cinnabar
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight green and black nephrite
1st millennium CEChineseTranslucent stone in a relatively dark shade of celadon-green, becoming a greenish brown along the straight edge which has no teeth
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseCeladon-green nephrite
3rd-1st century BCEChineseTranslucent, pale greenish nephrite with buff and gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight yellow-green nephrite, calcified around the edges and on the reverse
14th-8th century BCEChinesePale greenish gray stone with white, calcified areas and brown markings
12th-11th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseTranslucent, light greenish gray nephrite with light brown markings and creamy white calcified streaks
ChineseWhitish, almost transparent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChinese