c. 2500 BCE - c. 1900 BCE
H. 40.5 x W. 9.7 x D. 0.4 cm (15 15/16 x 3 13/16 x 3/16 in.) Weight 270 g
Large and heavy disk of an inferior stone of brownish and greenish color, with a smooth but dull surface.
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled black and light gray nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseYellow and amber-colored stone with dark brown veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep black stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight green and brownish, strongly translucent nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated apple-green serpentine with grayish white clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight milky brown stone with a few darker veins
3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, variegated light and dark green nephrite with light brown areas at opposite arcs
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCalcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseVariegated brown and yellow nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled light gray and brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese