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Art Deco Intaglio Untreated Ceylon Sapphire Ring, 11.48 Carats
- This unique Art Deco ring features a monumental engraved Ceylon sapphire wax seal
- The 11.48-carat gem displays a family crest and Latin motto, read properly once pressed into a seal
- White diamonds totaling 0.50 carat set into the ring's intricately decorated band accent the stone
- Set in platinum
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Gem carving, known as intaglio, is an ancient art form that traces its origins to the 14th century BCE. Practiced by early civilizations in Mesopotamia, Assyria and Phoenicia, it later flourished in Greece and Rome, though the intricate techniques of intaglio carving required years of dedicated practice. Intaglio gems continued to appear in fashionable jewelry into the 19th and 20th centuries. This particular example displays a high-standing family’s elegant coat of arms with the Latin phrase “certum pete finem” beneath it. Originating from a line in the Roman poet Horace's Epistles, the phrase translates to “aim for a sure end” and symbolizes determination and a sense of purpose. Carved in reverse, the phrase and its corresponding coat of arms are meant to appear correctly when impressed into wax.
White diamonds totaling 0.50 carat accent the main stone, incorporated into the ring’s intricate setting and band. Set in platinum.
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