• Dimension: Height: 1 in (2.5 cm) Diameter: 1 1/8 in (2.9 cm)
• Estimate From: $1000
• Estimate To: $1500

Chinese. One archer's ring carved with dragon in relief; along with one carved with bamboo. Qing Dynasty period.

扳指古稱韘，原為游牧狩獵引弓勾弦的實用器，後逐漸變為佩飾。本器圓筒狀，中空，瑪瑙製成，紋理變化多端，成對保存。來源: 凯恩斯-克里茨(Kaynes-Klitz)收藏
Provenance: From the Kaynes-Klitz Collection. Kaynes-Klitz is a notable collector of Chinese snuff bottles and porcelain, and his collection was widely published and auctioned at Sotheby's Hong Kong in the 1990s. The current archer's rings are published in the catalog 'Chinese Archer's Rings from the Kaynes-Klitz Collection' in 2001.