Thumb Ring
Cleveland Museum of Art

Thumb Ring

1600s

jade
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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