c. 1100-771 BCE
W. 1.1 x L. 10.2 x Thickness 0.3 cm (7/16 x 4 x 1/8 in.) Weight 6 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Mottled light and dark brown stone with a small green patch on the inner wall
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOlive-green and russet nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque, cream-colored and whitish nephrite, somewhat calcified
4th-3rd century BCEChineseYellowish green nephrite with light brown calcified spots
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePale celadon-colored, translucent nephrite with light and dark brown markings
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBlackish nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent nephrite of pale olive-green color with brown markings
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBlack stone with a dark gray band and faint grayish markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseLight gray nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight green and brown nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseBronze
19th centuryTibetanBone
14th-13th century BCEEgyptian