3rd-2nd century BCE
Diam. 26.8 x Thickness 0.9 cm (10 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Dark green, fairly translucent stone with light gray and gold-brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, milky, pale greenish nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCalcified, cream-colored nephrite, originally translucent pale green
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent greenish white nephrite
8th-5th century BCEChineseMottled gray-green nephrite
1st millennium CEChineseMottled olive- and cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTortoise-shell colored nephrite with areas of incipient calcification
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseNephrite
ChineseBone-colored nephrite with a few pale bluish green spots
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale yellowish green translucent nephrite with tan and brown markings
5th-4th century BCEChinese