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
Translucent, variegated light and dark green nephrite with light brown areas at opposite arcs
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlack and blackish green stone
3rd millennium BCEChinesePale sea-green nephrite turned mottled brown and buff on the exterior
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated apple-green serpentine with grayish white clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCreamy white nephrite with dark green markings, polished to a brilliant gloss
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 BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly gray-green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish brown nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCreamy buff stone with brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent stone in a relatively dark shade of celadon-green, becoming a greenish brown along the straight edge which has no teeth
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChinese