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.
Greenish gray nephrite with whitish streaks; with gold leaf
16th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent, pale green, fine-grained nephrite with darker markings; surface polished smooth
2nd millennium BCEChineseBlack serpentine
16th-11th century BCEChineseGreenish gray and black stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseTranslucent dark green nephrite with minute dark blue and gold flecks
11th-8th century BCEChineseGray-green nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseOpaque, gray-green and blackish, calcified nephrite
16th-11th century BCEChineseBlack stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseFine-grained nephrite of the color of old ivory, without any signs of calcification
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2nd millennium BCEChineseGrayish yellow, marble-like stone with gray markings and surface cracks
16th-11th century BCEChineseGreenish gray and black stone
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChinese