On the smooth field the horse emerges as a perfect silhouette — an intaglio of remarkable elegance and clean precision, on which the light falls in striking ways, drawing every volume of the body. All around, a bordeaux finish envelops this jewel and welcomes the cameo: a colour that softens it, contains it, holds it. Those who love horses recognise great qualities in this animal: the mutual esteem with the rider, the gift of honouring a companion, and the capacity to stand alone. Its character is always recognisable. It is there.

The lines that define the animal in this cameo receive brilliance from the curve of the bezel and from the enamelled glaze of the ring, which multiplies their reflections. Yet there is something deeper, told by the chromatic accords: on the silhouette perfectly raised in relief, the bordeaux brings out two opposing qualities of the jewel — the solidity and the lightness of the intaglio. The wonderful fullness of the base colour is a calm tone that, whatever the colour of the horse may be, holds this restraint. And the play between the various pairings is animated entirely by the sensations they call to mind.

Yellow, so absolute, is final; gold precious and bright; deep night blue; pale green that carries the feel of fresh frost on grass — all seem to belong to nature, and the horse with them, in total kinship and connection. Each of these colours sounds different against the red, and each time the relief takes on another atmosphere: now the full light of day, now the nobility of metal, now the silence of night, now the freshness of dawn.