TWO TIBETAN 'SADDLE' SILVER RINGS (TAGAM)
Tibet, first half 20th century

Comprising a Khampa male 'saddle' silver ring set with a rounded red coral bead, the silver shank chased in relief with foliage, vegetal meanders, and spiral motifs, the base of the straight bezel surrounded by a band of double silver wire; and another male ring, set with an oval tiger's eye gem, the shank decorated with granulation near the compressed and flattened bezel's collet, and a single silver wire around the base.

The coral ring 3.3cm x 2.2cm x 1.5cm

Ring size 62 / 10

2cm diameter

The tiger's eye ring 2.4cm x 2cm x 1.1cm

Ring size 59 / 9

1.9cm diameter

Total weight 24gr.

For similar examples of Tibetan coral-set 'saddle' silver ring: René van der Star, L'arte dei gioielli d'argento: le minoranze della Cina, del Triangolo d'Oro, Mongolia e Tibet, 2006, cat. 12, p. 209; and Wolf-Dieter Seiwert, Jewellery from the Orient: Treasures from the Bir Collection, 2009, p. 171, cat. nos. 451 - 452.