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
Mottled gray-green and dark brown stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight green nephrite with tan spots, turning dark brown at the lower end
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled green, gray, and black nephrite with whitish veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with dark gray veins and a few buff areas
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight milky brown stone with a few darker veins
3rd millennium BCEChinesePale green nephrite with russet markings and a dark brown spot
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight green and brownish, strongly translucent nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep black stone
3rd millennium BCEChinese