ANCIENT CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SEAL MOUNTED IN A 18 KT GOLD RING

RARE ANCIENT INTAGLIO SEAL MOUNTED IN AN ANTIQUE LARGE RING. REALIZED IN A CUSTOM HAND MADE 18 KARAT YELLOW GOLD MOUNTING. FEATURING A DARK REDDISH ORANGE TRANSLUCENT CARNELIAN CHALCEDONY GEM PIECE, CARVED WITH VERY EXCEPTIONAL AND WELL DETAILED IMAGE OF A MALE RAM WITH HIS LARGE HORNS RAISING AND HIS HEAD UP, LOOKING TO THE SKIES. THE RING IS AN ANTIQUE JEWELRY PIECE MADE IN THE GREAT BRITAIN, WAS PURCHASED IN THE LONDON MARKET 30 YEARS AGO. WE ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE EXACT PROVENANCE OF THIS CARNELIAN SEAL, BUT, MOST PROBABLY FROM THE MESOPOTAMIAN MIDDLE EAST REGION FROM THE TODAY'S SYRIAN, ISRAELI, JORDANIAN AREA. "The ram loomed large as a religious icon across a great many cultures and was a part of the core of mythologies, of Pharaonic Egypt, Pre-Christian Europe, Classical Greece, West Africa, and the Judaeo-Christian tradition ­ and it is often associated with celebrations of the “solar return” or return of spring and fertility after the hiatus of winter. For a survey of the cul