probably Longshan culture, c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Diam. 16.2 x Thickness 0.3 cm (6 3/8 x 1/8 in.) 109 g
Translucent, pale greenish nephrite with buff and gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, pale green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, gray, and black nephrite with whitish veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, pale celadon-green nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep black stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseGrayish green stone with light gray veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseSlightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight grayish green translucent nephrite with tan and whitish markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent light green nephrite with opaque buff clouds; southeast Neolithic piece modified in the northwest
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChinese