Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
19.5 x 6 x 0.4 cm (7 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 100 g
Bone-colored, highly calcified nephrite with cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled whitish nephrite with sparse black veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green nephrite with a few brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly light green, highly translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseSlightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseOpaque brownish gray nephrite enclosing a large area of translucent bluish green nephrite with whitish clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green nephrite with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled light and dark brown stone with a small green patch on the inner wall
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled dark green translucent nephrite with light gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish green, fine-grained nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese