{"product_id":"six-tusked-elephant-god-ring-sterling-silver","title":"Six-Tusked Elephant God Ring – Sterling Silver Statement Ring","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSix-Tusked Elephant God Ring – Sterling Silver Statement Ring\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Elephant of Asia · Six Tusks, Born Divine · Fire-Gilded 24K Gold\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-two grams, and nearly all of it is a face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-two millimetres across, twenty-four deep, standing almost nine millimetres off the finger. This is not an emblem set into a band. It is a head, worn — ears reaching past the sides of the finger, trunk curling down over the knuckle, the whole weight of him sitting where everyone can see it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpen your hand and he is looking at whoever is across from you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCount the tusks. Nothing alive is born with six. That number is what takes him out of the animal world and has done for three thousand years — cut into temple gates across the Deccan, painted on monastery walls in the Himalaya, walking in gold armour ahead of the kings of Siam and Angkor. Two tusks is a beast. Six is a god, and he was never anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA gold trident rises between the eyes. A line of gold beads runs the length of the trunk. Above, in a crown of silver filigree and hand-set gold granules, a single cabochon of Nanhong agate: opaque, blood-dark, the red the old carvers reached for when they wanted a thing to look alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOPEN SHANK · SELECT YOUR SIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable in US ring sizes 7 to 13 — choose your size above before adding to cart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe shank is left open at the back, so each ring can be eased slightly by hand for a closer fit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDesign Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Six tusks. Nothing in nature has six.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo would have been easier, and no one would have counted. We cut six — fire-gilded, curving forward in pairs at three depths, each pair freed from the one behind it without the trunk losing its line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSix is the image of the complete and the fearless: something with nothing left to develop, and nothing left to be afraid of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. A head, not a badge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost animal rings are a face pressed flat into the top of a band. This one is carved in the round and stands 8.8mm proud of the finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe ears are cut free at their edges and flare outward with the grain of real ear. The brow carries weight. The trunk descends in a heavy spiral and tucks under itself rather than flattening into the shank. Look at him from the side and there is a skull under that silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Gold placed where a god is crowned\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe six tusks. The trident between the eyes. The beaded line down the trunk. The granulation across the crown — gold spheres set one at a time under a 40× microscope, around a single Nanhong agate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThose granules are the smallest work on the ring. By the law of this craft, they took the longest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. The eyes are the only trick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEverything on the head is oxidised down except the eyes, which are gilded so they catch light before the rest of the face does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the reason he looks back at you, and the reason people across a table notice the ring before they notice the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Left rough on purpose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNothing here is polished smooth. Recesses are oxidised almost to black, raised planes brought back by hand, graver strokes left where they fell. Cloud scrollwork runs down both shoulders of the shank into the open back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA sacred object that looks new looks like a souvenir. This one is meant to look like it was dug up, and then kept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe elephant is the oldest sacred animal in Asia, and the only one that never had to be made frightening to be respected. He does not hurry. He does not posture. He remembers everything, and he moves anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSix tusks make him something else again — not a strong animal but the finished form of strength: valour without violence, power that has stopped needing to prove itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA ring sits on the part of you that reaches, takes and gives. That is where we put him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay what you reach for be worth the taking.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay your hand be steady, and slow.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay your strength look out from you and frighten no one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy we keep returning to this form\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe elephant and the garuda are the two subjects we have spent the most years on. They are the hardest things we make — six tusks that must clear one another, feathers that must be freed row by row, gold that must be fused a millimetre at a time under glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are not interested in making the most of them. We are interested in finding out how far hand-carved silver can be taken before it stops being jewellery and becomes sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMaterial \u0026amp; Craftsmanship\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e S925 sterling silver, traditional fire-gilded 24K gold, natural Nanhong agate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize of head:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32 mm long × 24 mm wide × 8.8 mm deep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRing sizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eUS 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 — select above\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShank:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eopen at the back, adjustable by hand for a closer fit\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sacred elephant statement ring, Asian mythology jewelry for men and women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRing Size Conversion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eUS\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eInner circumference\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eEU \/ ISO\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eUK\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e54.4 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e54\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eN½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e56.6 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e56½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eP½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e58.9 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e59\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eR½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e61.4 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e61½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eT½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e63.5 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e63½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eV½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e65.9 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e66\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eX½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e68.5 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e68½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZ+1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo measure: wrap a strip of paper around the base of your finger, mark where it meets, and measure the length in millimetres. That length is your inner circumference — match it to the table above. Measure at the end of the day, when fingers are at their largest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraditional Fire-Gilding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGold foil is fused onto the surface of S925 sterling silver at approximately 900°C. Gold's own melting point is 1063°C, so the work happens inside a narrow window: hot enough for the gold to bond, not hot enough for it to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery detail is then engraved and shaped by hand under a 40× microscope. The smaller the surface, the harder it gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not ordinary gold plating: the gold is fired into the silver rather than deposited on its surface, so it becomes part of the piece — a real weight of gold, not a film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaring for the stone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe silver and the gold will take anything. Nanhong agate is porous, and will dull if it sits in perfume, lotion or sweat. Wipe the ring with a dry cloth after wear and take it off before swimming or bathing. 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