c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE
H. 15.4 x W. 7.6 x D. 1.1 cm (6 1/16 x 3 x 7/16 in.) Weight 290 g
White, polished, partly corroded marble
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseBlack, fine-grained nephrite with sharply delineated grayish brown area
2nd millennium BCEChineseStone
ChineseBronze
19th centuryTibetanLight buff, slightly translucent nephrite with bluish gray spots and black markings
12th-11th century BCEChineseOpaque yellowish stone, the surface of which is in part corroded
16th-11th century BCEChineseLight creamy brown, mildly translucent nephrite, smoothly polished
11th-8th century BCEChineseWhitish, almost transparent nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCeladon-green nephrite blade with brown and dark gray markings; bronze socket
ChineseMottled green and buff nephrite
ChineseDark olive-green nephrite with discolored buff areas
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseGreenish buff, much calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChinese