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
Bluish green and gray nephrite with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite
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 BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green stone with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled gray-green and dark brown stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseSlightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated apple-green serpentine with grayish white clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish green, fine-grained nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese