11th century
8.4 x 11.7 x 14.8 cm (3 5/16 x 4 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Translucent, pale greenish nephrite with buff and gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray, brown, and dark brown translucent nephrite
3rd-1st century BCEChinesePale green translucent nephrite with brown and buff markings
11th-8th century BCEChineseGlossy, translucent, light greenish and buff, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque buff nephrite with bluish green spots
14th-11th century BCEChineseSlightly calcified, bone-colored nephrite
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight bluish gray translucent nephrite
11th-8th century BCEChineseTranslucent olive-green nephrite handle (Shang period); bronze blade inlaid with turquoise and gold foil (Warring States or Han period)
16th-11th century BCEChineseMottled light and dark gray nephrite blade; bronze haft
16th-11th century BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYellow and red-brown stone
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseGilt bronze and bronze with traces of blue pigment
18th centuryChinese