c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
0.4 x 6 cm (3/16 x 2 3/8 in.) unspecified: 23 g
Translucent, pale green, fine-grained nephrite with darker markings; surface polished smooth
2nd millennium BCEChineseMildly translucent, light gray nephrite
12th-10th century BCEChineseLight green and whitish nephrite buckle attached to a wooden scabbard fragment
3rd century BCE-1st century CEChineseBluish-green and gray stone with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseSlightly translucent, yellowish gray alabaster
11th-8th century BCEChineseMottled light gray and whitish opaque nephrite blade; bronze haft
16th-11th century BCEChinesePale greenish nephrite with tan markings
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePale sea-green nephrite turned mottled brown and buff on the exterior
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight brown nephrite
19th-20th centuryChineseOriginally translucent, soft green nephrite now partially calcified to an opaque ivory color
8th-5th century BCEChineseLargely calcified, ivory-colored jade with a few dimly translucent, olive-green spots
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly light gray-green nephrite
5th century BCEChinese