id: 125638 accession number: 1947.547 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.547 updated: 2023-08-23 20:35:38.605000 Thumb Ring, 1800s–1900s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49). Green and 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 1947.547 title: Thumb Ring title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1800s–1900s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1947 current location: creditline: Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner copyright: --- culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49) technique: green and white jade department: Chinese Art collection: Chinese Art type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.547/1947.547_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.547/1947.547_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.547/1947.547_full.tif