Faintly greenish, almost colorless glass, the surface of which is coated with an unevenly creamy white and slightly irridescent substance, probably due to weathering and decomposition

3rd-1st century BCEChinese

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Large Jade Belt Hook

Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Opaque, bone-colored stone, partially decomposed

5th-3rd century BCEChinese

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Miniature Notched Jade Axe

Unknown Artist, 14th-10th century BCE

Originally olive-brown nephrite, now strongly calcified and partly decomposed

Chinese

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Fluted Jade Coil with Animal Head

Unknown Artist, 3rd-2nd century BCE

Translucent gray and smoke-brown nephrite

3rd-2nd century BCEChinese

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Jade Scepter

Unknown Artist, Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 BCE - c. 1700 BCE

Blackish nephrite

2nd millennium BCEChinese

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Jade Dagger-Axe in a Bronze Haft with Curved Butt

Unknown Artist, 16th-11th century BCE

Bone-colored and mottled light brown nephrite blade; bronze haft

16th-11th century BCEChinese

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Jade Disk with Pattern of Plastic Curls

Unknown Artist, 475 BCE - 221 BCE

Calcified and discolored nephrite

5th-3rd century BCEChinese

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SMALL PI

Unknown Artist, 20th century

Stone

20th centuryChinese

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Jade Openwork Plaque of Intertwined Animals and Birds

Unknown Artist, 4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE

Pale green and whitish, translucent nephrite

4th-3rd century BCEChinese

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Thin Jade Scepter

Unknown Artist, Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 BCE - c. 1700 BCE

Black nephrite

2nd millennium BCEChinese

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Slender Jade Dagger-Axe

Unknown Artist, 16th-8th century BCE

Mottled greenish gray nephrite with light markings and signs of incipient calcification

Chinese