Description: a) silver alloy. Four rings held together with silk thread, d. approx. 2 cm. Central shou emblem held by two bats. Rings which played an important role in the drinking games of the Qing soldiers. Weared by use. Weight 7 grams. b) Silver alloy. Four rings held together with silk thread, D. approx. 2 cm. The God of the North and the God of the South playing Go, stylized clouds. A figure besch. Rings which played an important role in the drinking games of the soldiers of the Qing period. Weight 9 grams. Litt. see Margaret Duda, Four centuries of Silver, Ab. P. 95, page 98. (208)