Carnelian ring – Ulysses and Polipete
A ring that passes through time, like a relic of ancient memory. Carved in luminous carnelian, a favorite stone of Pliny and ancient engravers for its compactness and warm reddish glow, this jewel holds a rare and powerful image: Ulysses, the wandering hero, and his son Polypetes, a young figure little narrated but full of symbolic meaning. The art of glyptics, practiced here with mastery, gives life to an intimate and intense scene: the meeting between father and son, between wisdom and youth, between myth and humanity. The profiles are finely engraved with minute tools, following the tradition of Hellenistic masters, in a play of light and shadow that makes the stone engraved at the beginning of the 20th century and mounted by us today in gold vibrate. The 18-carat yellow gold setting embraces the gem like a temple, elevating it, protecting it, ennobling every detail. The shiny metal enhances the bloody depth of the carnelian, creating a contrast that recalls ancient votive crowns and royal seals. A work of art to wear This ring is not intended to be just an ornament: it is a fragment of myth, a story engraved in living matter. Ulysses represents ingenuity, resilience, the inner journey. Polypetus, born after the war, symbolizes rebirth, lineage, the continuity of man even after the epic. Together, they embody the passage of knowledge and strength from one generation to the next. Wearing it means carrying an eternal story, a legacy of ancient values, hand-engraved with love and wisdom. It is a jewel for those who love meaning beyond form, for those who seek in art a bridge between past and present.
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Description
A ring that passes through time, like a relic of ancient memory. Carved in luminous carnelian, a favorite stone of Pliny and ancient engravers for its compactness and warm reddish glow, this jewel holds a rare and powerful image: Ulysses, the wandering hero, and his son Polypetes, a young figure little narrated but full of symbolic meaning. The art of glyptics, practiced here with mastery, gives life to an intimate and intense scene: the meeting between father and son, between wisdom and youth, between myth and humanity. The profiles are finely engraved with minute tools, following the tradition of Hellenistic masters, in a play of light and shadow that makes the stone engraved at the beginning of the 20th century and mounted by us today in gold vibrate. The 18-carat yellow gold setting embraces the gem like a temple, elevating it, protecting it, ennobling every detail. The shiny metal enhances the bloody depth of the carnelian, creating a contrast that recalls ancient votive crowns and royal seals. A work of art to wear This ring is not intended to be just an ornament: it is a fragment of myth, a story engraved in living matter. Ulysses represents ingenuity, resilience, the inner journey. Polypetus, born after the war, symbolizes rebirth, lineage, the continuity of man even after the epic. Together, they embody the passage of knowledge and strength from one generation to the next. Wearing it means carrying an eternal story, a legacy of ancient values, hand-engraved with love and wisdom. It is a jewel for those who love meaning beyond form, for those who seek in art a bridge between past and present
