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
Serpentine
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseVariegated gray-green stone with black veins
19th-20th centuryChineseGilt bronze; with lightly incised inscription
12th-14th centuryJapaneseCast bronze with inlays of gold, silver, and turquoise
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCopper alloy
6th centuryByzantineTranslucent stone in a relatively dark shade of celadon-green, becoming a greenish brown along the straight edge which has no teeth
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseOpaque, greenish brown and gray stone; cinnabar remaining in the grooves
1st millennium BCEChineseCreamy gray-green and green nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseBrownish and yellow translucent nephrite
ChineseHighly polished, translucent yellowish and opaque cream-colored nephrite
3rd century BCEChineseNephrite with sharply defined, translucent, pale bluish green and opaque buff areas divided by narrow dark bluish band
16th-14th century BCEChinese