6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE
Dark olive-green and cream-colored, partly decomposed nephrite
1st-3rd century CEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseHighly polished, translucent yellowish and opaque cream-colored nephrite
3rd century BCEChineseLight green nephrite with whitish discolorations
19th-20th centuryChineseTranslucent light green nephrite with creamy white speckles caused by calcification.
12th-10th century BCEChineseCast bronze
6th-5th century BCEChineseBone-colored, faintly translucent segment of a nephrite disk
11th-8th century BCEChineseSlightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGilt bronze
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseTranslucent, evenly white nephrite with traces of cinnabar
6th-5th century BCEChineseLight gray-green translucent nephrite; with gold foil
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