c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
H. 21.3 x W. 4.3 x Thickness 0.8 cm (8 3/8 x 1 11/16 x 5/16 in.) Weight 158 g
Black and blackish green stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseA creamy gray-colored, fine-grained, opaque stone, polished to a soft sheen
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish gray-green stone with darker markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDark gray-green stone with black areas and light markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEvenly light green, highly translucent nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseDeep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, pale greenish nephrite with buff and gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray and russet, translucent stone with whitish and dark gray markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight milky brown stone with a few darker veins
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight bluish green and bone-colored nephrite with a lustrous polish
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled whitish nephrite with sparse black veins
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese