19th century
3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Malachite
19th centuryChinesePale, greenish white nephrite with caramel markings
18th-19th centuryChineseGilt bronze with traces of black pigment (black lacquer?) in the hair
18th-19th centuryChineseVery Pale green nephrite
19th centuryChineseBronze (assembled) with traces of gold leaf
19th-20th centuryChineseHardstone, perhaps altered neprhite; with inscription on the underside in archaic-style characters
19th-20th centuryChineseBronze and enamel
17th-20th centuryChineseGilt bronze
19th-20th centuryChineseCloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining
18th-19th centuryChineseWhite jadeite with emerald green markings; the stone of Burmese origin
19th centuryChineseYellow stone
19th-20th centuryChineseWhite nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface
18th-19th centuryChinese