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
Mottled whitish nephrite with sparse black veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOlive-green and brownish nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight green and brownish, strongly translucent 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 BCEChineseBone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlack and blackish green stone
3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled, olive-greenish nephrite with whitish markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseCream-colored and russet stone with dark brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green stone with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown markings and a dark brown area at the edge
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese