April 16, 2024
VINTAGE LAPIS LAZULI DEER INTAGLIO SILVER RING
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Siamtalisman VINTAGE LAPIS LAZULI DEER INTAGLIO SILVER RING VINTAGE LAPIS LAZULI DEER INTAGLIO SILVER RING Product information Weight: Approx. 14.8 grams. Size: 7.5 US finger size. Stone: Blue lapis lazuli. Color: Natural stone color. Material: Silver mix material. Origin: Afghanistan. Afghanistan Ancient Afghanistan was a major supplier of both raw materials and beautifully made stone beads, a fact as much related to the mineral wealth of its mountains as to its geographic location. Surrounded by Iran, India, China, and Russia, trade routes between these countries passed through Afghanistan, making it an important transmitter of materials and culture and a strategic intermediary between East and West. Historically underrated as a source of bead craftsmanship, Afghanistan was considerably more than a source of raw materials. Many beads excavated t and attributed to the third and second millennius B.C. have exact counterparts among the artifacts recovered from the royal tombs of Ur in southern Mesopotamia. Because these beads are found in such quantity in Afghanistan, it is reasonable to assume they were manufactured locally. The great bead making era in Afghanistan ended about 1600 B.C.,a date synchronous with the decline of the Babylonian Empire. As trade to the south dwindled, both the incentives and the economic structures supporting
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