206 BCE - 220 CE (?)
H. 5.3 x W. 0.9 x D. 0.9 cm (2 1/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.) Weight 9 g
Translucent celadon-green nephrite with tan and dark brown markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown and gray markings
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMottled dark green translucent nephrite with light gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOlive-brownish, largely calcified nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseCalcified greenish brown nephrite blade with traces of cinnabar; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight buff, slightly translucent nephrite with bluish gray spots and black markings
12th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent gray-green nephrite with whitish parallel streaks
19th-20th centuryChineseLight olive-green and cream-colored translucent nephrite, showing signs of incipient calicification; traces of cinnabar on the right side
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ChinesePale gray-green and whitish nephrite blade; bronze haft
12th-11th century BCEChineseCream, tan, and light gray nephrite with blackish spots
8th-5th century BCEChinese