c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
L. 7.9 x Thickness 1.3 cm (3 1/8 x 1/2 in.) 24 g
Yellow and amber-colored stone with dark brown veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green stone of a celadon hue with whitish specks
3rd millennium BCEChineseCreamy white nephrite with dark green markings, polished to a brilliant gloss
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive- and cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDark gray-green stone with black areas and light markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, pale celadon-green nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseNephrite of two shades of celadon-green with cream-colored spots
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish green and gray nephrite with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, bluish green, and buff nephrite
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseIrregularly rounded, sturdy disk of a fine-grained, mottled dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight green and brownish, strongly translucent nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese