Rings

An old Afghan silver ring featuring a lovely carnelian central cabochon and an attractive granulated decoration. Fantastic patina. 

A beautiful and rare antique silver ring from Afghanistan. Its singularity lies in the ancient so-called Dutch chevron glass bead in the central cabochon that would have usually had a stone attached.

Dutch chevron glass beads are produced  in the eighteenth century in the city of Amsterdam in order to imitate rock crystal and other precious stones in the trade with the African and American colonies.

Nice patina

An old silver with white stone cabochon ring from Afghanistan. 

A beautiful old silver ring from Afghanistan. Features a large central cabochon with an rare color agate stone. Nice patina.

Beautiful and original antique silver ring with eight small colored glass cabochons and a bigger central one with a turquoise stone. It combines influences from Southern India, Nepal and Afghanistan. The Kuchi nomads (of Pasthun ethnicity) cross the vast territory that goes from Iran to India, so their creations are always rich fusions of different styles. Unique.

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.

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.

A joyful Afgan silver ring featuring a central cabochon made of a faceted piece of mirror surrounded by smaller cabochons of turquoise and coral. Most original and charming.

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.