12th-14th century, Late Heian to Kamakura periods
reliquary: 18.6 x 7.1 x 7.1 cm (7 5/16 x 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.) crystal pagoda reliquary: 3.5 x 1.5 cm (1 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2004)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2004-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
Light brown, faintly translucent nephrite
4th century BCEChineseVery light green translucent nephrite with ivory-colored calcified spots
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseTranslucent light green nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseSlightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseFine-grained, cream-colored opaque stone, polished smooth as ivory; traces of cinnabar on one side
ChineseOpaque, greenish gray and buff stone with a smooth, matt surface
16th-11th century BCEChineseTranslucent greenish white, partly calcified nephrite
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBlack nephrite with very faint markings
2nd millennium BCEChineseBone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with greenish patina
5th-3rd century BCEChineseTranslucent pale green nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseCalcified celadon-colored nephrite; coated with patches of cinnabar
14th-8th century BCEChinese