6th-5th century BCE
H. 11.7 x W. 2.7 x Thickness 0.9 cm (4 5/8 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 55 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Clouded grayish brown nephrite
10th-9th century BCEChineseIron
JapaneseMottled grayish green, rather heavily calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseThin segment of moderately translucent, grayish brown stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseDark olive-green nephrite with discolored buff areas
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseBone-colored opaque nephrite with small areas of pale green
4th-3rd century BCEChineseBone
14th-13th century BCEEgyptianSerpentine
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14th-11th century BCEChineseCast bronze
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5th-3rd century BCEChinese