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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Enquire about this pieceBanded 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).