{"product_id":"afsaneh-simurgh-cocktail-ring","title":"Afsaneh Simurgh Cocktail Ring","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAfsaneh Simurgh Cocktail Ring\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Simurgh (سیمرغ) is Persian mythology's greatest bird: ancient, wise, and possessed of all the world's knowledge. In the Shahnameh, she nurses Zal, the white-haired hero, and grants him a feather to call upon her in his darkest hour. I carry her image here, set in gold, for those who know that the most powerful adornment is a story no one else in the room can read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Afsaneh Simurgh Cocktail Ring is a Signature-tier statement ring in 18ct yellow gold. The face of the ring is a raised oval cartouche, 22mm in length, presenting a stylised Simurgh rendered in high-relief repousse work. The bird's body curves across the cartouche in the flat, decorative manner of Safavid miniature painting: tail feathers fanning into Persian cloud scrollwork (abr-o-bad), wings extended but folded inward at the tips. A 5mm lapis lazuli cabochon is set where the Simurgh's eye would be, deep ultramarine referencing the night-sky backgrounds of Persian manuscript illumination. The border of the cartouche carries a tight Girih geometric frame, the mathematical tile pattern first used in 12th-century Persian architecture. The band tapers from 8mm at the setting to 3mm at the back, comfort-fit, for evening wearability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e18ct yellow gold, UK hallmarked\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSimurgh in high-relief repousse, Safavid miniature aesthetic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e5mm lapis lazuli cabochon eye (Afghan origin, deep blue, minimal pyrite)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGirih geometric border, Nasta'liq hidden detail (inside band: \u003cem\u003eای سیمرغ دانا\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCartouche: 22mm x 16mm; shank: 3mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMade to order: 10 weeks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis ring is designed for the occasion buyer who wants a conversation piece rooted in real cultural depth, not surface ornament. The Simurgh has appeared in Persian art from pre-Islamic relief carvings at Taq-e Bostan to the court paintings of Shah Tahmasp's Shahnameh (now split between the Metropolitan Museum and the Aga Khan Museum). Wearing her is wearing that entire lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI offer this ring in an alternative colourway: Persian turquoise eye in place of lapis, for those who prefer the sky over the night. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/bespoke\"\u003eEnquire about a commission.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silux London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58330805207421,"sku":null,"price":2400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/0488\/1533\/files\/concept-b-occasion_0862e90e-cd70-42a2-a641-365d6d4ff113.webp?v=1782720920","url":"https:\/\/siluxlondon.com\/products\/afsaneh-simurgh-cocktail-ring","provider":"Silux London","version":"1.0","type":"link"}