3rd-2nd century BCE
L. 8.7 x W. 3.2 cm (3 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.) Weight 16 g
[C. T. Loo & Co., New York, January 27, 1932] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1932-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Mixed copper alloy
6th-9th centuryByzantineOpaque, creamy brown nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseFine-grained, cream-colored opaque stone, polished smooth as ivory; traces of cinnabar on one side
ChineseStone, silver, cotton
19th centuryOttomanStone
20th centuryChinesePale gray-green and whitish nephrite blade; bronze haft
12th-11th century BCEChineseBluish gray, translucent, brown-flecked stone
19th-20th centuryChineseEvenly light gray-green nephrite
5th century BCEChineseHighly polished, translucent yellowish and opaque cream-colored nephrite
3rd century BCEChinesePale greenish nephrite with tan markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseVariegated olive-greenish, translucent nephrite with opaque, bone-colored areas
5th-3rd century BCEChineseEvenly light gray-green nephrite
5th century BCEChinese