16th-14th century BCE
H. 48.5 x W. 9.3 x D. 0.6 cm (19 1/8 x 3 11/16 x 1/4 in.) Weight 431 g
Mottled light and dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseBluish gray marble, calcified in part, with cinnabar stains
12th-11th century BCEChineseMottled light and dark brown stone with a small green patch on the inner wall
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseStrongly translucent, whitish nephrite with black edges and buff and brown clouds
16th-11th century BCEChineseCream-colored nephrite with gray markings
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent stone in a relatively dark shade of celadon-green, becoming a greenish brown along the straight edge which has no teeth
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseLight gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinesePale gray-green and whitish nephrite blade; bronze haft
12th-11th century BCEChineseGreenish brown and cream-colored, partly calcified and rather opaque nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent, pale green, fine-grained nephrite with darker markings; surface polished smooth
2nd millennium BCEChinese