Asian Archery Thumb Ring Estate Auction
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The Willard E. Bishop Collection
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Sunday, March 20 Noon-4pm
Holiday Inn @
9 Northeastern Blvd, Nashua, NH 03062
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Sunday, March 20 Noon-4pm
Holiday Inn @
9 Northeastern Blvd, Nashua, NH 03062
Jade ring with some modeling
Size: 11Width: 3.23mmWeight: 16.2gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Light yellow green brown jade ring with some veins and modeling of the ring.
Shape is flat on top and bottom with overall ring more square and inside round, and a band that drops in diameter on both sides. No carvings.
Inside Diameter (mm): 21.1 Thickness (mm): 3.23
Weight (g): 16.2
Lapis ring with gold and brown flecks
Size: 9.5Width: 4.6mmWeight: 25.8gOriginalShape: Round
Blue lapis stone ring with gold and brown flecks all through ring and around circumference of ring. No carvings.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20 Thickness (mm): 4.6
Weight (g): 25.8
Wide bone ring
Size: 11Width: 8.24mmWeight: 23.9gOriginalMaterial: Not SpecifiedShape: Circle
Wide bone ring, yellow with dark brown cracks and spots. No carvings. Shape is rounded flat edges on both sides. Inside Diameter (mm): 21.15 Thickness (mm): 8.24 Weight (g): 23.9
Light brown agate "two birds" ring
Size: 9.5Width: 3.96mmWeight: 15.3gOriginalMaterial: AgateShape: Round
Light brown, almost clear agate ring, with a dark patch on the backside of the carving, and along with carving on front of two birds carving used to accentuate dark brown and black colorings of stone.
Shape is slightly concave on one side and slightly convex on the other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 19.81 Thickness (mm): 3.96
Weight (g): 15.3
Brown jaspar stone ring
Size: 10.5Width: 5.18mmWeight: 25gOriginalMaterial: Not SpecifiedShape: Round
Brown jaspar stone ring with very clear carvings of particulates making up stone in varying shades of light brown, dark brown and orange accents. No carvings.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20.42 Thickness (mm): 5.18
Weight (g): 25
Jade ring with carving on flat front
Size: 11Width: 5.07mmWeight: 27.7gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Light green jade ring with flat front. Front is light and dark brown with carving.
Carving appears to be symbolic and not any known animal.
Shape is D in shape not O. Flat on one side, slight convex on other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20.69 Thickness (mm): 5.07
Weight (g): 27.7
Bone ring with red band
Size: 11Width: 3.93mmWeight: 9.5gOriginalMaterial: Not SpecifiedShape: Round
White bone ring with red band almost totally across circumference. Darker brown/green on edges of brown. On inside can see discoloration in the same locations as stripe on outside.
No carvings.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 21.52 Thickness (mm): 3.93
Weight (g): 9.5
Jade ring with country scene
Size: 10Width: 4.6mmWeight: 26.7gOriginalMaterial: White JadeShape: Round
Milky white jade with slight discolorations of light brown in stone carving to accentuate coloring. Appears to be a scene with a cat and butterfly between two trees.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20.54 Thickness (mm): 4.6 Weight (g): 26.7
White Jade "butterflies"ring
Size: 11Width: 6.56mmWeight: 36.5gOriginalMaterial: White JadeShape: Round
Milky white jade with yellowy brown colorings and slightly flat area on one facet. Carving in stone on weight looks to be a butterfly to butterflies flying over a leaf. Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 21.15
Thickness (mm): 6.56
Weight (g): 36.5
Light brown and red jade ring
Size: 8Width: 5.45mmWeight: 18.5gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Light brown and red jade with modeling. Some cracks on one facet of stone, almost flake like, but still attached.
No carvings.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.Inside Diameter (mm): 19
Thickness (mm): 5.45
Weight (g): 18.5
Glass "reading" ring
Size: 9Width: 7.5mmWeight: 44.7gOriginalShape: Round
Milky white glass ring smooth all over except for carvings of man sitting on a tree branch reading from a book.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 19.53
Thickness (mm): 7.5
Weight (g): 44.7
Gray white jade "wolf" ring
Size: 10.5Width: 6.23mmWeight: 39gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Gray white jade with flecks of black all over carving to accent brown in ring. Carving is of dog or wolf facing towards tree.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20.44
Thickness (mm): 6.23
Weight (g): 39
Blue ceramic "joy" ring
Size: 9.5Width: 6.9mmWeight: 31.1gOriginalShape: Round
Solid blue ceramic ring with four Chinese calligraphy marks, meaning Joy, on the four facets of the ring.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 19.67 Thickness (mm): 6.9
Weight (g): 31.1
Mawsitsit stone ring #1
Size: 9.5Width: 5.6mmWeight: 35.7gOriginalShape: Round
Green mawsitsit stone with white and black mottling veins all through it, completely smooth. No carvings.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20 Thickness (mm): 5.6
Weight (g): 35
Jade ring with carvings across circumferences of Dragon.
Size: 8Width: 4.4mmWeight: 21.6gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Light dark and reddish brown jade ring with carvings across circumferences of Dragon.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 18.6 Thickness (mm): 4.4
Weight (g): 21.6
Jade with patches of green and gray
Size: 9Width: 5.44mmWeight: 30.4gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Mostly white jade with patches of green and gray. Small veins of gray, has some reflectiveness in stone, shiny in light, almost like mica. Can clearly see make up of stone like an asbestos.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 19.67 Thickness (mm): 5.44
Weight (g): 30.4
Jade rings with carvings
Size: 9.5Width: 4.17mmWeight: 22.5gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Brown-green-white colored jade. Carvings all around circumference.
Carvings maybe dragon or flower.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 19.78 Thickness (mm): 4.17
Weight (g): 22.5
Thick milky yellow stone with four carvings
Size: 7Width: 8.02Weight: 29.8OriginalMaterial: Not SpecifiedShape: Round
Thick milky yellow stone with four carvings in red and white, all characters are different but have meanings of long life, and gifts to acquire wealth.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 18.73 Thickness (mm): 8.02
Weight (g): 29.8
Silver ring with cloisonné windows on four facets
Size: 8Width: 4.07mmWeight: 23.7gOriginalMaterial: CloisonneShape: Round
Silver ring with cloisonné windows on four facets. Color is mostly gone, cloisonné is chipped off, can see underside metal design.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20.27 Thickness (mm): 4.07
Weight (g): 23.7
Bone ring with article by Han Yu incised into it
Time Period: TangSize: 10.5Width: 6.16mmWeight: 20.5gOriginalMaterial: Not SpecifiedShape: Round
Yellow bone ring with thousands of tiny characters incised into ring.
It is an article by Han Yu from Tang Dynasty. Han Yu is considered to be among China's finest prose writers, and in the Tang Dynasty, probably the master of classical prose.
Overall this ring is quite remarkable and must have taken a GREAT deal of time to create. A true unique piece and a gem of a find!
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 19.98 Thickness (mm): 6.16
Weight (g): 20.5
Gold plated brass ring with intricate attached carvings.
Size: 11.5Width: 5.05mmWeight: 40.1gOriginalMaterial: BrassShape: Round
Gold plated, over brass ring with intricate attached carvings. Dragons facing each other over a spider.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 21.77 Thickness (mm): 5.05
Weight (g): 40.1
Jade ring with carving of a peacock
Size: 12.5Width: 5.92mmWeight: 38.7gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Milky white, slightly tinged green jade with carvings to accentuate Brown. Carving appears to be peacock on the branch.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 22.52 Thickness (mm): 5.92
Weight (g): 38.7
Jade "bird" ring
Size: 9Width: 7.51mmWeight: 39.4gOriginalMaterial: JadeShape: Round
Milky white jade with carvings on one facet, slightly brown discoloration. Bird on a rock next to a poppy tree.
Shape is Slight concave rounding on one side flat rounded on other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 19.28 Thickness (mm): 7.51
Weight (g): 39.4
White ceramic "Joy" ring
Size: 10.5Width: 5.31mmWeight: 23gOriginalShape: Round
White ceramic ring with 4 characters on each facet, meaning joy.
Glazing appears to be over characters so carving was done before glazing possibly.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20.63 Thickness (mm): 5.31
Weight (g): 23
Porcelain "Joy" ring with cloisonné
Size: 10.5Width: 5.98mmWeight: 20.8gOriginalMaterial: CloisonneShape: Round
Porcelain ring with cloisonné, joy character on four facets with flowers all around.
Base appears to be copper.
Shape is concave one side and convex other.
Inside Diameter (mm): 20.23 Thickness (mm): 5.98
Weight (g): 20.8