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A gold-toned geometric bangle bracelet with a vibrant blue inlay and a textured green inlay, shown on a clean white background.
A close-up lifestyle shot of a woman wearing a gold-plated bangle bracelet with blue enamel stripes and a matching gold ring with a blue rectangular stone, set against a solid warm brown background.
woman with dark hair models a gold bangle and ring, wearing a dark shirt and a brown background
A woman with dark hair wearing a black linen shirt, posing with her hands near her face against a solid brown background.
A close-up portrait of a woman with dark hair and freckles, wearing a black shirt and jewelry including a gold ring with a blue stone and a thin gold bracelet, set against a solid brown background.

Ridge Bangle

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Sale price £290.00

The Ridge Bangle is part of the new collection designed in collaboration with IAIA.

It features a hexagonal faceted shape with stones of lapis lazuli, chrysocolla, and green onyx carefully set into each side. The design is inspired by the geological contour lines of Badakshan in Northern Afghanistan.

See also our Ridge Ring.

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A gold-toned geometric bangle bracelet with a vibrant blue inlay and a textured green inlay, shown on a clean white background.
Ridge Bangle Sale price £290.00

Designed in collaboration with Arianna Calabrese of IAIA, this collection is inspired by the mountains of Badakhshan, and from studies of topographical maps and geological sections. It takes its inspiration from contour lines, stratified layers, and the mountain terrain. Lapis lazuli comes from this region, where it has been mined for over four millennia and traded across continents. Here, it is both the material and the reference point.

Tillya Tepe to Today

Afghan Craftsmanship

In 1978 an Afghan-Soviet team of archaeologists discovered a hoard of over 20,000 ornaments, jewellery, and precious artefacts in Northern Afghanistan. Dated back to the first century BCE, the Tillya Tepe hoard is renowned for its staggering beauty and finesse.

Afghanistan's rich jewellery tradition continues to this day. Stimulated by influences from across the ancient silk road and tribal traditions within Afghanistan, Afghan jewellers benefit from direct access to an array of fine precious and semi-precious gemstones, including emeralds, rubies, lapis lazuli, tourmaline and kunzite.

The bluest blue

Lapis Lazuli

Blue is one of the rarest colours found in nature. Up until the 18th century, whether you were a Pharaoh or an artist, there was only one place you could find blue in its natural form - the high peaks of north-eastern Afghanistan.

When ground into a fine powder, Lapis gives a strikingly blue pigment. This made Lapis a priceless commodity, surpassing the price of gold up until the industrial age,

To this day, Afghanistan remains home to the world's largest deposit of Lapis Lazuli. Due to this, you'll find Lapis in many of the jewellery pieces we offer.