{"product_id":"vanitas-ring","title":"Vanitas ring","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVANITAS Ring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSterling silver ring with natural black pearls, hand-fired vitreous enamel, cz and black spinel, 18k gold plating and volcanic oxidation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVANITAS is part of \u003cstrong\u003eTOMB\u003c\/strong\u003e — a collection built around the tension between ornament, material beauty and the passage of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts name comes from the Latin \u003cem\u003evanitas\u003c\/em\u003e — vanity, futility, transience. In European art, Vanitas became a reminder that beauty, wealth and life itself are temporary. That contradiction sits at the center of the ring: an exposed silver skull surrounded by gold, black pearls and a dense field of stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition draws from several historical traditions. Its central image recalls European \u003cstrong\u003ememento mori jewelry of the 16th and 17th centuries\u003c\/strong\u003e, where skulls appeared alongside gemstones, gold and colored enamel. Another layer comes from medieval reliquaries and the richly adorned relics of the 17th and 18th centuries, where visible bone was surrounded by pearls, stones, gilded metal and elaborate ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the shoulders, hand-fired vitreous enamel is set within three-lobed forms that echo the \u003cstrong\u003etrefoil geometry of Gothic architecture and reliquary metalwork\u003c\/strong\u003e. Natural black pearls replace the pale pearls associated with many historical examples, shifting the reference into a contemporary object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface is intentionally uneven. 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