Rings
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Price €65.00OS0418-833
An old Afghan silver ring featuring a lovely carnelian central cabochon and an attractive granulated decoration. Fantastic patina.
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Price €65.00OS0418-878
An old silver with white stone cabochon ring from Afghanistan.
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Price €65.00OS0418-890
A beautiful old silver ring from Afghanistan. Features a large central cabochon with an rare color agate stone. Nice patina.
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Price €85.00OS0418-907
A beautiful and rare antique silver ring from Afghanistan. Its singularity lies in the ancient so-called Gabri glass bead in the central cabochon that would have usually had a stone attached.
The Gabri glass beads are from the Islamic period, that is, between the 8th and 12th centuries. Produced in the Middle East and spread through Central Asia with the expansion of Islam.
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Price €110.00OS0418-926
A spectacular old silver and carnelian ring. Features a precious filigree square base that could very well have been a Zar ring from Oman. The cabochon houses a precious agate carnelian stone bead held by a silver rod. The Zar rings from Oman protect against the evil one (Jinns) and are used in the exorcism ceremonies. Beautiful patina.
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Price €72.00MA0315-479
A nice Tuareg silver and glass ring (tisek). It features a nice engraved side decoration. It is also ocassionally used as a hair ornament. Nice patina. The Tuareg are a nomadic Berber (amazigh) group that lives in the Sahara Desert.
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Price €78.00MD0913-082
An old silver and agate ring from Afghanistan. Agates, according to local belief common to other Islamic areas, have a protective power for the wearer.
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Price €72.00MD0913-090
An old silver Afghan or Persian ring showing a delicate engraved decoration in its setting. The seal depicts a peacock, a frequent motif in that area.
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Price €85.00MA0904-147
Old Fulani silver ring. Decorated with a quite characteristic simple engraving design from this ethnic group. For the making of this sort of pieces the Fulani usually use the -lost-wax- casting tecnique as a first stage to subsequently continue to forge the piece. This kind of ring would ocassionally be also used as a head ormanent braided or tied to the hair. Very nice patina. The Fulani people, also known as Fula, Peul or Fulbe, among other, are an ethnic group that inhabits many countries, mainly in Western Africa, Mauritania and Mali. They are probably the largest nomadic group in the world. Mid-XXth century.