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
Brown nephrite with light brown markings
ChineseGreenish gray and black stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseMottled gray-green and russet stone
12th-11th century BCEChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent olive-green nephrite handle (Shang period); bronze blade inlaid with turquoise and gold foil (Warring States or Han period)
16th-11th century BCEChineseEvenly dark brown, faintly translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
3rd millennium BCEChineseOpaque, greenish brown and gray stone; cinnabar remaining in the grooves
1st millennium BCEChineseHighly-polished, translucent, light gray-green jade with dark marginal markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCast bronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent light green and whitish nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent light green nephrite; traces of cinnabar on the surface
12th-10th century BCEChinese