16th-11th century BCE
H. 12.2 x W. 2.2 x D. 0.7 cm (4 13/16 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.) Weight 40 g

Domesticated cattle rib bone
2nd century BCEStone
20th centuryChineseOpaque stone, mottled bluish gray and whitish, with adherences of soil
ChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown markings and a dark brown area at the edge
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseFine-grained nephrite of the color of old ivory, without any signs of calcification
ChinesePale, translucent green nephrite with creamy brown markings
3rd century BCEChineseBuff and opaque nephrite with brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent light gray nephrite with minute black speckles
11th-8th century BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseCreamy brown nephrite; traces of cinnabar
9th-8th century BCEChineseGreenish buff, much calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinese