Thumb Ring

1800s–mid-1900s Diameter: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.546

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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