770 BCE - 221 BCE (?)
0.3 x 10.2 cm (1/8 x 4 in.) unspecified: 40 g
Stone
20th centuryChineseCeladon-green nephrite
3rd-1st century BCEChineseMottled olive-green and light green nephrite, with traces of cinnabar and soil adhering to the surface
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight gray nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseBlackish brown nephrite, turning deep gold-brown at the translucent edges
3rd millennium BCEChineseBuff, partly calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseOpaque greenish gray, largely discolored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseGilt bronze
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseMottled gray-green and russet stone
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light gray-green stone with brown clouds
19th-20th centuryChineseLight olive-green and russet nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChinese