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
Mottled green nephrite with long whitish streaks and a brownish area; Middle Yellow River basin, Shenmu Shimao contexts
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseVariegated apple-green serpentine with grayish white clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseIrregularly rounded, sturdy disk of a fine-grained, mottled dark brown stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinesePale sea-green nephrite turned mottled brown and buff on the exterior
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish-green and gray stone with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackish green and light greenish gray nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseYellowish green and calcified, cream-colored nephrite
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish gray-green stone with black and light brown markings
3rd millennium BCEChineseBluish green and gray nephrite with buff markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTranslucent, pale green nephrite
3rd millennium BCEChineseCeladon-green nephrite with light brown markings
4th-3rd millennium BCEChinese