Indus Valley Silver Ring

A pale peach stone, outlined in white, set in silver with a good deal of swirl.

This ring is from the Indus Valley peoples of Pakistan or India, South Asia, and is dated 3300 to 1200 BCE, in the Bronze Age, in etched silver and agate. Etching agate and carnelian with white lines is a skill generally associated with the ancient Indus Valley, where beads and ornaments were widely produced. The oval stone is a soft orange and cream, with a white outline tracing its border and a few small white marks near the center. It is held in a silver bezel with a twisted-wire rim. Scrolled, leaf-like forms decorate each shoulder of the band.

Etched thousands of years ago, and mounted for a modern hand.