c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
H. 2.6 x Diam. 4.3 x Thickness 0.5 cm (1 x 1 11/16 x 3/16 in.) 31 g
Stone
20th centuryChineseMetal
ChineseOpaque, cream-colored and whitish nephrite, somewhat calcified
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze, partially gilt and with gold inlay
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly white nephrite with traces of cinnabar
6th-5th century BCEChineseLight gray-green nephrite with cream-colored markings
19th-20th centuryChineseNephrite
ChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseGilt bronze
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseMottled dark green translucent nephrite with light gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseWarm grayish white and light brown, ,strongly translucent nephrite
8th-7th century BCEChineseLight gray, nearly opaque and partly calcified stone
1st-3rd century CEChinese