Georgian Terpsichore Cameo Ring Add Inscription:No Internal circumference: 6 inches

Internal circumference: 6 inches

The band splits at the shoulders to form an open head with the stones enveloped within its boat-shaped profile

Reminiscent of damascene or niello

Stone: Jade

while in Mesopotamia it was represented by a turtle

Georgian Terpsichore Cameo Ring Add Inscription:No Internal circumference: 6 inchesTerpsichore was one of nine sisters known to the ancient Greeks as the Muses. As well as having the best name of the bunch, Terpsichore was the goddess of dance and lyric poetry. The daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, she was sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens. Glorious Georgian cameo ring depicting the Terpsichore carved onto a long, marquise shaped sardonyx panel. The carver has rendered the veiled, dancing figure one of the nine Greek muses