The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 27, 2024

Thumb Ring

Thumb Ring

1600s
(1644-1911)
jade
Diameter: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Overall: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.543
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

When polishing and shaping the white jade, the carver deliberately left the yellowish "skin" of the original rock on one section of the ring.

Description

This white jade thumb ring was carved into the form of a dragon and a mouse in relief.
  • ?-1947
    Mrs. Worcester R. [Cornelia Blakemore] Warner [1859-1947], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1947-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).
    Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.543