Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
24 x 6.3 x 0.8 cm (9 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 5/16 in.) unspecified: 227 g
Mottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled gray-green and dark brown stone
3rd millennium BCEChinesePale sea-green nephrite turned mottled brown and buff on the exterior
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight yellowish green jade with decomposed white streaks
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseLight gray and russet, translucent stone with whitish and dark gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDark gray-green stone with black areas and light markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGrayish green stone with light gray veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese