c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
L. 7.9 x Thickness 1.3 cm (3 1/8 x 1/2 in.) 24 g
Evenly dark green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseGray-green nephrite with light and dark brown cloud-like markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish-green and gray stone with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish green, fine-grained nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight yellowish green jade with decomposed white streaks
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseLight green and brownish, strongly translucent nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight olive-green translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseCream-colored nephrite with light brown markings and a dark brown area at the edge
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, deep celadon-green and opaque, bone-colored nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChinese