possibly Shijiahe culture (?), c. 2500 - c. 2000 BCE
H. 2 x W. 1.9 x D. 1 cm (13/16 x 3/4 x 3/8 in.) Weight 7 g
Yellow and amber-colored stone with dark brown veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green stone with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCeladon-green nephrite with light brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, deep celadon-green and opaque, bone-colored nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseGrayish green stone with light gray veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, bluish green, and buff nephrite
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight green and brownish, strongly translucent nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green stone of a celadon hue with whitish specks
3rd millennium BCEChineseDark gray-green stone with black areas and light markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly dark green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseDark chocolate-brown nephrite with 20th-century inscription
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese