A jewel in the hands, on the fingers as the scene of the intaglio itself. This ring carries an intensity entirely its own: the finishing of the band, with this wonderful enamel, lends the relief a depth felt under the touch before it meets the eye. The colour speaks for itself. The whole relief converges at the centre of the oval bezel, where Cupid contemplates a butterfly — most delicate, alighted on his palms. The bordeaux envelops the scene and makes it even more physical, close: the smooth, caressing enamel gives the gesture a velvety clarity.

It is a singular encounter between the creature that embodies inner life and the winged boy who embodies love — even love that is longed for. The butterfly has found where to alight her flight. In this very instant they touch.

The god of love has paused. His action has become gaze, attention, silent watch over something so precious. And it is precisely here, in this observing, that the story tells itself: love that grows from within, the attention that turns to the heart of the scene, where something precious resides. The substance of the jewel accompanies the subject's concentration, and the oval form of the bezel works as a small window upon the gesture.

Each pairing returns a different sensation. Light Blue follows the lighter part of the butterfly, the wings, the flight: it brings air into the fullness of the ground. Porphyry on bordeaux is a continuity — a single whole, as if it were the very ring of Cupid and Psyche. Violet creates a rare accord on this base — a pairing of great fascination. Pearl gives light to all, brilliant: it is the tone that generates the most reflections, less contemplative, more immediate and limpid. A butterfly, a god, a wingbeat between two fingers.