794-1185
H. 7.8 x W. 3.6 x D. 3.6 cm (3 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by ca. 2004)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (ca. 2004-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
Mottled gray-green stone with brown markings and black streaks, with scattered earthy concretions
12th-11th century BCEChineseStrongly translucent, white, yellowish, and brown jade with a lustrous polish
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseMottled dark green and buff nephrite
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseFine-grained grayish black stone
11th-10th century BCEChineseTranslucent, light brown nephrite with slightly corroded and opaque areas
5th-3rd century BCEChineseIron
ChineseLight gray stone and green and yellowish nephrite
1st-3rd century CEChineseTranslucent, mottled green nephrite
8th-5th century BCEChineseYellowish green nephrite with light brown calcified spots
5th-3rd century BCEChineseFine-grained, smoothly polished, variegated light and dark brown nephrite
2nd millennium BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinese