475 BCE - 221 BCE
8.5 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm (3 3/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.) 12 g
Faintly translucent, yellowish alabaster of fine, densely layered structure
16th-11th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseOpaque, creamy brown nephrite
11th-10th century BCEChineseCast bronze with incised decoration
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCream-colored and russet stone with dark brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified and discolored nephrite, orginally olive-green in color
ChineseTranslucent creamy brown nephrite partly covered by a calcareous deposit
11th-8th century BCEChineseIrregularly rounded, sturdy disk of a fine-grained, mottled dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish green and buff, partly discolored nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseDark bluish green, largely discolored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseBuff and opaque nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBluish gray nephrite, partly calcified, with traces of soil and cinnabar
16th-11th century BCEChinese