12th-11th century BCE
H. 20.2 x W. 1.7 x Thickness 0.7 cm (7 15/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.) Weight 51 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Well-polished, opaque buff nephrite plaque
11th-10th century BCEChineseTranslucent gray-green nephrite with whitish parallel streaks
19th-20th centuryChineseTranslucent, deep celadon-green nephrite with a few whitish markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseOpaque mottled green and black hardstone
20th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
11th centuryByzantineTranslucent, pale green nephrite with russet and dark brown markings
3rd-1st century BCEChineseDark green, fairly translucent stone with light gray and gold-brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYellow and amber-colored stone with dark brown veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseFinely polished, partly calcified light brown nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseIvory-colored nephrite with creamy yellow markings and signs of calcification
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15th-16th centuryJapaneseCast bronze with greenish patina
5th-3rd century BCEChinese