Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 - c. 2000 BCE
Diam. 10.1 x Thickness 0.5 cm (4 x 3/16 in.) Weight 44 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
A creamy gray-colored, fine-grained, opaque stone, polished to a soft sheen
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish brown nephrite, turning deep gold-brown at the translucent edges
3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCreamy buff stone with brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled light and dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight green nephrite with tan spots, turning dark brown at the lower end
3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCreamy white nephrite with dark green markings, polished to a brilliant gloss
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled gray-green and dark brown stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseBone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green nephrite with a few brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, bluish green, and buff nephrite
5th-3rd millennium BCEChinese