c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
1.8 x 0.4 x 7 cm (11/16 x 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.) unspecified: 43 g
Stone
20th centuryChineseBone
14th-13th century BCEEgyptianSerpentine
11th-8th century BCEChineseGilt bronze; with lightly incised inscription
12th-14th centuryJapaneseGold with light gray nephrite and dark glass (?) inlays
4th-3rd century BCEChinesePale celadon-green nephrite with grayish-brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBlack stone with a dark gray band and faint grayish markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseGreen and brown nephrite
1st millennium CEChineseOpaque grayish yellow stone with brownish veins and black areas
19th-20th centuryChineseUniformly dark olive-green, faintly translucent stone
2nd millennium BCEChineseGray-green nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseOpaque, cream-colored, cinnabar-stained nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChinese