Kohestar (کوه‌ستار): The Mountain Star

مهر Collection  •  SL-MH-ER05  •  Sapphire Shamseh Star Setting

Some stars live in mountains.

Persian astronomers believed the Alborz peaks held stars within them, visible only to those willing to climb. کوه‌ستار (Kohestar): the mountain star. Not metaphor, but a cosmology that placed the sacred inside the physical world.

At the heart of this ring sits a deep cornflower oval blue sapphire, natural and unheated, encircled by an eighteen-carat white gold frame shaped as a شمسه (shamseh): the eight-pointed Persian star found in the tilework of Isfahan’s Friday Mosque and repeated across five centuries of architectural devotion. The sapphire is the star. The shamseh is the mountain.

Every point of the octagram is set with round brilliant diamonds in pavé and grain settings, the white gold carrying their fire outward from the blue centre. A split-shank band twists gently before joining the setting, a quiet reference to mountain paths that converge at a single peak.

I designed Kohestar as a piece of wearable cosmology: a named thing with a specific story, not a category. If you choose this ring, I will source the sapphire personally, present you with candidates, and build the piece around the stone that belongs to you.

Specification

• Centre stone: Oval blue sapphire, natural, 2.0–3.0ct, cornflower to royal blue, eye-clean
• Origin preference: Kashmir, Ceylon, or Madagascar
• Setting: Bezel-and-claw hybrid within an eight-pointed شمسه (shamseh) star frame
• Accent diamonds: Round brilliant, pavé and grain-set throughout all eight star points, approx. 0.75–0.85ct total
• Metal: 18ct white gold
• Shank: Split-shank, gently twisted
• Profile: Medium-high, statement centrepiece

Pricing Guide

• 2.0ct Ceylon sapphire: from £4,500
• 2.5ct Kashmir origin sapphire: from £5,500
• Bespoke (customer-supplied stone): consultation

Each Kohestar is made to order. Please select your ring size and contact me to begin the stone selection process.