770 BCE - 221 BCE (?)
0.3 x 10.2 cm (1/8 x 4 in.) unspecified: 40 g
Stone
ChineseIvory with traces of cinnabar
1st millennium CEChineseClear, bluish green, highly translucent nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseCreamy white nephrite, clouded with light gray, beginning to decompose at the now blunted point of the blade
16th-11th century BCEChineseGreenish gray and blackish, faintly translucent stone with calcified areas
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
ChineseBronze, partially gilt and with gold inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent, mottled greenish brown nephrite with dark brown veins
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePale green nephrite with white streaks
16th-11th century BCEChineseMottled green nephrite with long whitish streaks and a brownish area; Middle Yellow River basin, Shenmu Shimao contexts
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseStone
ChineseOpaque, bluish gray-green nephrite that has turned a dull buff and light brown color over a large part of the surface
16th-11th century BCEChinese