possibly 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
4.6 x 6.3 x 0.4 cm (1 13/16 x 2 1/2 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 92 g
Opaque stone, mottled bluish gray and whitish, with adherences of soil
ChineseTranslucent greenish white nephrite; turquoise inlay
8th-5th century BCEChineseLight gray-green stone
4th-5th century CEJapaneseTranslucent greenish white, partly calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseGreen and black nephrite
ChineseFine-grained grayish black stone
11th-10th century BCEChineseLight green and brown nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseFine-grained nephrite of the color of old ivory, without any signs of calcification
ChineseBlack nephrite with dark brown areas
11th-8th century BCEChineseDeep green, translucent, very slightly calcified nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseFragment of a thin-walled ring or bracelet of variegated gray-green neprhite
11th-10th century BCEChineseSlightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese