A TIBETAN BUDDHIST CORAL-SET SILVER RING WITH ENDLESS KNOT MOTIF
Tibet, 20th century

With sloping silver shanks incised on the shoulders with the Buddhist endless knot motif, on the inside with vegetal meanders on a ring-punched ground, the short circular bezel set with a flattened pale red coral bead secured with a central silver pin.

2.8cm x 2cm x 1.4cm

Ring size 55 / 7.5

1.75cm diameter

15gr.

The outer sides of this ring's shanks are incised with two 'endless knots', one of the Eight Auspicious Buddhist Symbols. In Tibetan Buddhism, the eternal knot is often considered a visual representation of the samsara, the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Other sources believe that this knot has a more positive meaning, representing the infinite wisdom and compassion of the Buddha, but also the interplay of opposing forces in the dualistic world of manifestation.