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Ancient Seal Rings : 18 Karat Gold Ring Featuring a Carnelian Intaglio
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18 Karat Gold Ring Featuring a Carnelian Intaglio - FJ.7317
Collection: Jewelry
Style: Seal Rings
Medium: Gold and Carnelian
$5,600.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
The art of glyptics, or carving on
colored precious stones, is probably
one of the oldest known to
humanity. Intaglios, gems with an
incised design, were made as early
as the fourth and third millennia
BC in Mesopotamia and Aegean
Islands. They display a virtuosity of
execution that suggests and old
and stable tradition rooted in the
earliest centuries. The tools
required for carving gems were
simple: a wheel with a belt-drive
and a set of drills. Abrasives were
necessary since the minerals used
were too hard for a metal edge. A
special difficulty of engraving
intaglios, aside from their
miniature size, was that the
master had to work with a mirror
image in mind.
- (FJ.7317)
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