id:			125637
accession number:	1947.546
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.546
updated:		2023-08-23 20:35:38.132000

Thumb Ring, 1800s–mid-1900s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49). White jade; diameter: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.546

title:				Thumb Ring
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creation date:			1800s–mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1947
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creditline:			Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49)
technique:	white jade
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	Chinese Art
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Diameter: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2019-08-12T04:00:00
	<i>Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Worcester R. [Cornelia Blakemore] Warner [1859-1947], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1947
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1947-
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wall description:
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.
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