2500-1900 BCE
31.3 x 6 x 0.4 cm (12 5/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 179 g
Clouded olive-green nephrite blade; bronze haft inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseHighly translucent, beatiful sea-green nephrite with sparse, dark brown markings
ChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown markings and a dark brown area at the edge
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseGray-green nephrite with light and dark brown cloud-like markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseOriginally olive-brown nephrite, now strongly calcified and partly decomposed
ChineseGreenish buff, much calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseBronze, leather, tooth
19th centuryTibetanBluish gray-green nephrite, showing signs of incipient calcification
16th-11th century BCEChineseGreenish-gray, partially translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseBone-colored nephrite with a few spots of original greenish hue
5th-3rd century BCEChinese