late 19th - early 20th century
H. 7.4 x W. 1.5 x D. 0.4 cm (2 15/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 7 g
Creamy white nephrite, beautifully polished but partly calcified; cinnabar stains on the left side of the blade
16th-11th century BCEChineseLight green and brown nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseBlack nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite with sparse white speckles
11th-8th century BCEChineseHighly translucent pale green and opaque cream-colored nephrite
1st-3rd century CEChineseMottled gray-green and dark brown stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseOlive-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
14th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light gray-green nephrite with fine black veins
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseOpaque, gray-brown and greenish stone
1st-3rd century CEChineseFaintly translucent, yellowish alabaster of fine, densely layered structure
16th-11th century BCEChineseGreenish gray and black stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChinese