c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE
H. 18.5 x W. 11.5 x Thickness 0.6 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/2 x 1/4 in.) Weight 257 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Creamy white and yellowish, opaque stone with a glossy polish partly weathered
1st century CEChineseTranslucent, pale green nephrite with two smoke-brown segments at the periphery
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseBuff nephrite
14th-8th century BCEChineseOpaque buff nephrite with bluish green spots
14th-11th century BCEChineseGold with light gray nephrite and dark glass (?) inlays
4th-3rd century BCEChinesePale celadon-colored, translucent nephrite with light and dark brown markings
4th-3rd century BCEChineseWood with metal tip
TibetanPale green nephrite with white streaks
16th-11th century BCEChineseBronze
9th-8th century BCEIranianLight olive-green, strongly translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent jade of a soft light green hue with large, creamy white, discolored areas
2nd millennium BCEChineseBuff nephrite
1st millennium BCEChinese