possibly c. 3000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
1.5 x 24.1 cm (9/16 x 9 1/2 in.) unspecified: 1414 g
Variegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep black stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive- and cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish brown nephrite, turning deep gold-brown at the translucent edges
3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish green, fine-grained nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green nephrite with a few brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, gray, and black nephrite with whitish veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese