Ring, gift, Chinese, Chinese art, Qing 1644–1911, body ornament, jewelry, hand ornament, bats iconography, Shield with ideographic signs supported by two bats, 19th century, China, diameter 2 cm, A metallic ring photographed against a plain gray background, featuring a rectangular top plate with a raised patterned design and a dotted border; the ring body and decorative elements are primarily gold-toned with some darker tarnished areas and small silver-toned accents, and a few sculpted ornamental motifs on the shoulders resembling stylized animal heads; the inside of the band shows signs of wear and darker spots.
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Ring, gift, Chinese, Chinese art, Qing 1644–1911, body ornament, jewelry, hand ornament, bats iconography, Shield with ideographic signs supported by two bats, 19th century, China, diameter 2 cm, A metallic ring photographed against a plain gray background, featuring a rectangular top plate with a raised patterned design and a dotted border; the ring body and decorative elements are primarily gold-toned with some darker tarnished areas and small silver-toned accents, and a few sculpted ornamental motifs on the shoulders resembling stylized animal heads; the inside of the band shows signs of wear and darker spots.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A29_305

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Ring gift Chinese Chinese art Qing 1644–1911 body ornament jewelry hand ornament bats iconography Shield ideographic signs supported two bats 19th century China diameter 2 cm metallic ring photographed plain gray background featuring rectangular top plate raised patterned design dotted border ring body decorative elements primarily gold-toned darker tarnished areas small silver-toned accents sculpted ornamental motifs shoulders resembling stylized animal heads inside band signs wear darker spots.

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