Description
Ming Dynasty Jade, Archer’s Thumb Ring, white with real apple green, Kang Hsi period or earlier. A wonderful early Chinese archer’s ring set in an old gold wash gilt silver housing and engraved all around with floral scroll work. Fully signed at the bottom with the Yamanaka signature and place of origin. Authenticity guaranteed.
Retailed by the famous Yamanaka Stores which started in Boston in the late 1800’s and continued operating right into the early 20th century. Yamanaka was and still is synonymous with the best quality and historic and cultural value. The gilt silver and niello housing is fully signed Yamanaka and it was, until recently, the property of a famed family from Massachusetts. It was brought into this country by one of the Yamanaka Family members who scoured Imperial China before its collapse, to find and send back to America the very best that he could obtain for its high-class clientele.
If you are not familiar with the amazing Yamanaka Family and the great objects they handled, read about them through the link bellow:
Some of the best objects in many museums today were purchased from the Yamanaka Stores which were known to offer only the best of Asian Art.
This archer’s thumb ring, carved of white jade with natural apple-green inclusions, is an object of great beauty that belies its apparent simplicity. It has been given a place of honor, as it deserves, in the gilt silver setting which presents it an object to be admired and contemplated.
