Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Diam. 14.7 x Thickness 0.4 cm (5 13/16 x 3/16 in.) 116 g
Blackish brown nephrite, turning deep gold-brown at the translucent edges
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight olive-green translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive- and cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent light green nephrite with opaque buff clouds; southeast Neolithic piece modified in the northwest
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseDeep black stone
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 BCEChineseTranslucent, pale celadon-green nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown markings and a dark brown area at the edge
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDark chocolate-brown nephrite with 20th-century inscription
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOlive-green and brownish nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChinese