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
Yellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled light and dark brown stone with a small green patch on the inner wall
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish green, fine-grained nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDark gray-green stone with black areas and light markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseGray-green nephrite with light and dark brown cloud-like markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGreen stone
4th-1st millennium BCEChineseLight gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green stone of a celadon hue with whitish specks
3rd millennium BCEChinese