c. 1100 - 771 BCE
H. 3.5 x W. 6.2 x D. 0.3 cm (1 3/8 x 2 7/16 x 1/8 in.) Weight 9 g
Stone
20th centuryChineseSmoothly polished cream-colored nephrite
ChineseCast bronze
1st millennium BCEChineseMottled yellowish translucent nephrite, with buff and gray markings
16th-11th century BCEChineseBuff and opaque nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray-green stone
4th-5th century CEJapaneseTranslucent dark green nephrite; turquoise inlay
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight brownish, strongly translucent nephrite
4th century BCEChineseTurquoise
11th-10th century BCEChineseTranslucent, pale celadon-green nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseWhite jade mounted on bronze and silver wire clips
19th-20th centuryChineseWell-polished, opaque buff nephrite plaque
11th-10th century BCEChinese