Chinese Jade Bangle

A pale green bangle carved to look like a stalk of bamboo.

This jade bangle is from China. A bangle is a rigid, closed or open band worn on the wrist, and a jade one is cut and ground from stone and then polished smooth. Slim round bangle in soft, translucent mint-green. The surface is shaped into rounded segments with slight knuckles at intervals, like jointed canes, and the finish is gentle and waxy.

A garden's worth of patience in one ring.