c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
12.7 x 9.5 x 0.4 cm (5 x 3 3/4 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 109 g
A creamy gray-colored, fine-grained, opaque stone, polished to a soft sheen
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish brown nephrite, turning deep gold-brown at the translucent edges
3rd millennium BCEChineseIrregularly rounded, sturdy disk of a fine-grained, mottled dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly light green, highly translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, bluish green, and buff nephrite
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown markings and a dark brown area at the edge
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled light and dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish green and gray nephrite with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled black and light gray nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese