The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Thumb Ring
1736–95
(1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
Diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.); Overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Location: not on view
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.- ?-1970Mrs. John Lyon [Georgia Forman Elliott] Collyer [1898–1994], given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1970-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 58, no. 2, 1971, pp. 22–71. Mentioned: p. 70, cat. 147 www.jstor.org
- 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).Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.142