c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
L. 7.9 x Thickness 1.3 cm (3 1/8 x 1/2 in.) 24 g
Yellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green nephrite with a few brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, variegated light and dark green nephrite with light brown areas at opposite arcs
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated light brown nephrite
4th-2nd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly gray-green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseIrregularly rounded, sturdy disk of a fine-grained, mottled dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green nephrite with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYellow and amber-colored stone with dark brown veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green nephrite with long whitish streaks and a brownish area; Middle Yellow River basin, Shenmu Shimao contexts
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChinese