c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
H. 5.4 x Diam. 6 x Thickness of ring 0.6 cm (2 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in.) Weight 120 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Yellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, variegated light and dark green nephrite with light brown areas at opposite arcs
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlack and blackish green stone
3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOpaque brownish gray nephrite enclosing a large area of translucent bluish green nephrite with whitish clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOlive-green and brownish nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight milky brown stone with a few darker veins
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight yellowish green jade with decomposed white streaks
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseLarge and heavy disk of an inferior stone of brownish and greenish color, with a smooth but dull surface.
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese