date uncertain
L. 6.3 x W. 2.7 cm (2 1/2 x 1 1/16 in.)
Light green translucent nephrite with cream and russet spots
ChineseCream-colored nephrite with gray markings
12th-11th century BCEChineseBlack, fine-grained nephrite with sharply delineated grayish brown area
2nd millennium BCEChineseMottled pale green and whitish nephrite, with traces of red pigment
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseTranslucent, pale greenish nephrite with buff and gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseStrongly translucent, whitish nephrite with black edges and buff and brown clouds
16th-11th century BCEChineseLight green and brown nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseDark olive-green and cream-colored, partly decomposed nephrite
1st-3rd century CEChineseTranslucent jade of a soft light green hue with large, creamy white, discolored areas
2nd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent greenish gray nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseBronze
19th centuryTibetan