Thumb Ring
1800s–1900s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Thumb Ring, 1800s–1900s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49). Green and white jade; diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.); overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.549 Jade rings were worn by men on the thumb of the right hand to assist with holding and pulling the string of the archer’s bow. However, thumb rings were also fashionable accessories for civil officials in the late Qing dynasty.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- green and white jade
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.); Overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1947.549
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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