12th-11th century BCE
H. 12.7 x W. 2.6 x Thickness 0.4 cm (5 x 1 x 3/16 in.) Weight 28 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Stone
ChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite
ChineseGreenish brown and buff, slightly calcified nephrite, showing traces of cinnabar
11th-8th century BCEChineseGilt bronze; with lightly incised inscription
12th-14th centuryJapaneseGlossy, translucent, light greenish and buff, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd century BCEChineseCalcified, bone-colored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseBlack, fine-grained nephrite with sharply delineated grayish brown area
2nd millennium BCEChineseBluish green and gray nephrite with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBrown nephrite
1st millennium BCEChineseBlackish brown nephrite
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseHighly translucent, beatiful sea-green nephrite with sparse, dark brown markings
ChineseDark brown and beige mottled nephrite
3rd century BCEChinese