Archer's Thumb Ring in 3 Components

Object Name: 
Archer's Thumb Ring in 3 Components

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Object Name: 
Archer's Thumb Ring in 3 Components
Place Made: 
China
Accession Number: 
51.6.173
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.15 cm, Diam: 3.45 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1850-1950
Primary Description: 
Archer's Thumb Ring in 3 Components: a) main part; b) top, sliced off to take fragments for analysis; c) fragments remaining from the analysis, now sealed in glass. Transparent yellowish green glass; probably cut from a tube, ground and tooled. Tubular shape; upper rim flat; lower rim slightly rounded; interior surface smooth; undecorated.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Hussey, Nellie B., Source
1951
Category: 
Jewelry
Color: 
Transparent yellowish green
Technique: 
probably cut from a tube, ground and tooled

Exhibitions (1)

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass
Venue(s)
Toledo Museum of Art 1948-10-03 through 1948-10-31