16th-10th century BCE
H. 23 x W. 6.5 x D. 0.4 cm (9 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 127 g
Light gray-green and opaque grayish brown nephrite with a dull surface finish
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight milky brown stone with a few darker veins
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight olive-green and russet nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseEvenly light green, highly translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseDark gray-green opaque, partly discolored nephrite
16th-11th century BCEChineseBrown and cream-colored, partly decomposed nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseOriginally dark green, but now largely calcified and discolored nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseMottled green nephrite with long whitish streaks and a brownish area; Middle Yellow River basin, Shenmu Shimao contexts
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, light greenish gray nephrite with brown and rust-colored markings
4th-3rd century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseWhitish, calcified nephrite
9th-8th century BCEChinese