probably Shijiahe culture, c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
4.7 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.) unspecified: 35 g
Mottled dark green translucent nephrite with light gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated light brown nephrite
4th-2nd millennium BCEChineseVariegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled light and dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, pale green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown markings and a dark brown area at the edge
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated apple-green serpentine with grayish white clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled black and light gray nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseCeladon-green nephrite with light 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