Jade Cicada

Unknown Artist, probably Shijiahe culture, c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Jade Cicada

Evenly light green, highly translucent nephrite

Unknown Artist, c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE (?)

Jade 'Cong'

Mottled light and dark brown stone

Unknown Artist, Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Jade 'Yuan' Disk

Translucent, evenly pale green nephrite with a few brown markings

Unknown Artist, Neolithic or Shang period, c. 2500 - c. 1500 BCE

Jade Demon Face

Light yellowish green jade with decomposed white streaks

3rd-2nd millennium BCEChinese

Unknown Artist, possibly c. 3000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Jade 'Bi' Disk

Large and heavy disk of an inferior stone of brownish and greenish color, with a smooth but dull surface.

Thin Trapezoidal Jade Knife

Unknown Artist, c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Blackish brown nephrite, turning deep gold-brown at the translucent edges

Unknown Artist, c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Jade 'Bi' Disk

Slightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite

Jade Ring with Mask Designs in Relief

Unknown Artist, 3300-2000 BCE

Mottled light and dark brown stone with a small green patch on the inner wall

Fragment of a Trapezoidal Jade Knife

Unknown Artist, c. 2500 BCE - c. 1900 BCE

Bluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings

Jade Ring with Circular Rib

Unknown Artist, c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Bone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces

Unknown Artist, Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE

Trapezoidal Jade Knife

Black stone

Unknown Artist, c. 3300 - c. 2000 BCE (?)

Jade 'Cong'

Mottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite