Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
55.6 x 10.4 x 1 cm (21 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 3/8 in.) unspecified: 1361 g
Bluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly dark green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green stone with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray and pale green, slightly calcified nephrite, polished smooth and glossy
3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green stone of a celadon hue with whitish specks
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive- and cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled olive-green and deep russet nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green and ivory-colored, slightly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent stone in a relatively dark shade of celadon-green, becoming a greenish brown along the straight edge which has no teeth
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseDark green, fairly translucent stone with light gray and gold-brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese