Ring with an Engraved Dark Red Stone
Hellenistic style · 18.0K gold
A slender gold band with an oval dark red stone, engraved with a crouching animal and ringed with gold granules.
- Form
- Ring
- Gold
- 18.0 karat — 75.0% gold by XRF
- Stones
- Set with a dark red stone engraved in intaglio with a crouching animal
- Weight
- 5.5 g including the stone
- Dimensions
- Height 2.5 cm (1 in.); bezel 1 cm (⅜ in.)
- Ring size
- 9½ (US)
- Style
- Hellenistic style; made now
- Reference
- CG-12
$720
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Enquire about this pieceEngraved gems set in gold rings served as seals across the Hellenistic and Roman worlds and far into Bactria and Gandhāra: pressed into wax or clay, the sunk design leaves a raised image. This stone is cut the same way, with a small crouching animal, and it takes an impression.
The bezel is framed by a row of granules, with a gold disc at each shoulder, and the band is plain and comfortable. Ring size 9½ (US); 5.5 grams including the stone.