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Chinese Thumb Rings:
From Battlefield to Jewelry Box

Two Peking glass rings
one inscribed “When the sun sets and the moon rises,
clusters cast shadows; when rain stops and wind ceases,
bamboo regains silence. Be content with one’s lot.”
(20th c.)
Another 18th c. overlay glass.
(University of Missouri Anthropology Museum)


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