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 €94.00MD0614-006
A great Afghan old silver square ring. It is entirely decorated with nice incised motifs and it shows a inscription in Arabic characters on top. Superb patina.
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Price €56.00MD0913-123
A nice Afghan old silver and agate cabochon ring. Nice patina.
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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.
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Price €80.00MA0905-777A Tuareg silver ring decorated with engravings. Both the shape and the decoration are typically Tuareg. Actually the decoration is a sample of the Tuareg iconography and beliefs and it is meant to afford protection to its wearer. The Tuareg are a nomadic Berber (amazigh) group that lives in the Sahara Desert. Second half of the XXth century.
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Price €65.00MD0313-056
An Afghan ring featuring a simple silver setting with a semicircular turquoise cabochon. A light and easy wearable design. What else can you ask for?
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Price €65.00MD0313-050
An Afghan ring with a silver setting and turquoise cabochons, a central one and some smaller ones on both sides. You want it and you know it.