c. 2500- c. 2000 BCE
W. 11.2 x L. 61 x Thickness 0.7 cm (4 7/16 x 24 x 1/4 in.) Weight 926 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Cream-colored nephrite with light brown markings and a dark brown area at the edge
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive- and cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly dark green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseGreen stone
4th-1st millennium BCEChineseEvenly light green, highly translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseYellow and amber-colored stone with dark brown veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, gray, and black nephrite with whitish veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green nephrite with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
3rd millennium BCEChineseNephrite of two shades of celadon-green with cream-colored spots
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOlive-green and brownish nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChinese