The LUXOR ring receives this portrait in its round bezel — a miniature that the relief renders with natural fluidity. The smooth brow, the straight nose, the curls moving around the face: it is Antinous, the young man who lived alongside Emperor Hadrian at the splendid Villa of Tivoli. A face that has continued to move people across centuries, as contemporary today as the moment it was carved.
Cast in 18kt gilded bronze by the lost-wax process, this ring gives the portrait the gravity it deserves. The full weight of the piece declares itself from the first moment in the hand — the signet form brought to its most mature expression. Antinous sits in the foreground, unhidden. The metal has an organic life felt to the touch: every curve drawn and refined so that wearing it is both a pleasure and a presence.
In this ring we find ourselves immersed in the daily life of the villa at Tivoli where Antinous lived with Hadrian. White tells of the sculptures that portrayed him — the marble that held that face forever. Black is the basalt of the Egyptian statues, Antinous beyond time, sacred and intense. Gold recalls the light on the bronzes and mosaics, the golden sunset of a villa that looked out over Rome. Violet is the gardens, the imperial fabrics, the walks between the colonnades. Each variant of this ring carries us into one of those rooms, into one of those atmospheres.
Antinous crosses the centuries. This ring is his present.
Notas importantes
The jewels' colors in the photo may look different from the original one. This depends from the resolution. Each object is handmade and has unique characteristics.Tabla de tallas
SIZE GUIDE
Find your size
Simple steps to measure the correct size of your finger:
- Measure your finger at the end of the day;
- Do not measure your finger when it is either too hot or too cold;
- Don’t forget that our hands are not identical, and that a ring that might fit on a finger on our left hand might not fit on the same finger on our right hand;
- Please be sure to check that your selected size slides along the full length of your finger.
To measure the circumference of your finger, you can use a taylor’s tape measure, or take a look at our video demonstration for another technique (which will require a ring that fits on your selected finger.) This size corresponds to the circumference, which you must use to find your corresponding appropriate size. (S - M - L - XL)
| Size | Italy | USA | France | Diameter (mm) | Circumference (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 12 > 13 | 6 > 6,5 | 52 > 53 | 16,5 > 16,9 | 52 > 53 |
| M | 14 > 15 | 7 > 7 1/4 | 54 > 55 | 17,2 > 17,4 | 54 > 55 |
| L | 16 > 17 | 7,5 > 8 | 56 > 57 | 17,8 > 18,1 | 56 > 57 |
| XL | 18 > 19 | 8, 5 > 9 | 58 > 59 | 18,5 > 18,8 | 58 > 59 |
| 2XL | 20 | 9 | 60 | 19,1 | 60 |
| 3XL | 22 | 10 | 62 | 19,7 | 62 |
| 4XL | 24 | 10 3/4 | 64 | 20,4 | 64 |
| 5XL | 26 | 11 3/4 | 66 | 21 | 66 |
Antinous
Love remembered is never lost.
Antinous (also Antinoo or Antinoös; 27 November, c. 111 – before 30 October 130) was a Bithynian Greek youth and a favourite, or lover, of the Roman emperor Hadrian. He was deified after his death, being worshiped in both the Greek East and Latin West, sometimes as a god (theos) and sometimes merely as a deified mortal (heros). Antinous became associated with homosexuality in Western culture, appearing in the work of Oscar Wilde and the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.
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