Collection / No. 16

Ring with a Banded Black-and-White Stone

Ring with a Banded Black-and-White Stone

Hellenistic style · 18.0K gold

A heavy, plain gold band swelling to a round collet, set with a black stone crossed by a single white band.

Form
Ring
Gold
18.0 karat — 75.1% gold by XRF
Stones
Set with a round black stone crossed by a white band
Weight
6 g including the stone
Dimensions
Height 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Ring size
7½ (US)
Style
Hellenistic style; made now
Reference
CG-16

$780

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Banded stones cut so that a pale layer crosses a dark ground were prized as eye-stones across the ancient East, where they were thought to turn away harm. This one is set flush in a thick, tapering band with no other ornament, which is the right way to treat it.

Six grams — solid for a ring of this size. Ring size 7½ (US).

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