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Jade Cicada in the Round
Unknown Artist, 3rd century BCE
Highly polished, translucent yellowish and opaque cream-colored nephrite
3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Cylindrical Handle or Plug
Unknown Artist, c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE
Faintly translucent, yellowish alabaster of fine, densely layered structure
16th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Small Jade Dagger-Axe
Unknown Artist, 16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Creamy white nephrite, beautifully polished but partly calcified; cinnabar stains on the left side of the blade
16th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Heavy Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved Tang
Unknown Artist, 12th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
Strongly calcified, ivory-colored nephrite; traces of cinnabar and earth
12th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Curved Jade Fish Silhouette
Unknown Artist, c. 11th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Translucent, dark olive-green nephrite with buff speckles
11th-8th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Jade Fish, Recarved from a Handle
Unknown Artist, late Western Zhou (?), c. 9th cent. BCE - 771 BCE
Creamy brown nephrite; traces of cinnabar
9th-8th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Ornamental Jade Belt Plaque (one from a set of twelve)
Unknown Artist, 6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
Light gray, greenish, and bone-colored, faintly translucent stone
6th-5th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Fragment of a Jade Scepter
Unknown Artist, Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 BCE - c. 1700 BCE
Blackish nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseRitual Implements
Small Jade Disk with a Different Pattern for Each Side
Unknown Artist, late 19th cent. - early 20th cent.
Greenish white nephrite with light brown markings
19th-20th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Jade Spearhead in a Bronze Socket
Unknown Artist, 12th-11th century BCE
Gray-green nephrite blade; bronze socket inlaid with turquoise
12th-11th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Large Jade Dagger-Axe (Ge)
Unknown Artist, 20th century
Stone
20th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Jade Wrist Guard (?)
Unknown Artist, c. 3500 - c. 2500 BCE
Translucent, pale celadon-green nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese