Longshan culture (?), c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
34.2 x 5 x 0.7 cm (13 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1/4 in.) weight: 198 g
Translucent, variegated light and dark green nephrite with light brown areas at opposite arcs
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight grayish green translucent nephrite with tan and whitish markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish green, fine-grained nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, gray, and black nephrite with whitish veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, pale greenish nephrite with buff and gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCreamy white nephrite with dark green markings, polished to a brilliant gloss
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight olive-green translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green stone of a celadon hue with whitish specks
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, evenly pale green nephrite with a few brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green nephrite with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese