{"product_id":"buddhist-signet-ring-bosatsu","title":"Buddhist Signet Ring 'Bosatsu'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSilver signet ring with a seated bodhisattva on an oval face and gold seals\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seated figure in an oval, ringed in script. This signet ring carries a bodhisattva seated with several arms and a halo of rays on its oval face, in relief on a darkened ground, with a border of Sanskrit lettering round the oval and a small round gold seal carrying a seed syllable set into each shoulder. The band is polished and open at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the silver counterpart of the steel signets in the collection, and the one with the most on its face: a figure, a border and two seals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Bosatsu, is the bodhisattva, the enlightened one who stays to help, and the ring carries one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ring is sterling silver, stamped 925 inside the band, cast in one piece, the face about 17 by 13 mm, the figure in relief and the ground darkened, the two shoulder seals gold-toned inlays. The band is open and adjusts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it on the ring or little finger of either hand, as a signet, and on its own. It goes with a shirt and with the black clothes in the range, and it is the signet for someone who wants silver rather than steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe border is the detail: the Sanskrit runs the full way round the oval in small letters, so the face reads as a seal rather than a picture, and the gold syllables at the shoulders repeat the idea in colour. The figure's arms fan out against the rays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a silver signet with a dark oval and a gold dot. From close the oval shows the figure and its rays, the border its letters, and the seals their syllables. It is the ring for someone who wants a signet with a text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery ring in the collection is photographed on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare with each other: what looks big here is big on the hand. The measurements given are taken across the face, not round the finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilver darkens with time and skin, and this ring is meant to: the recesses are already blackened so the relief reads, and the high points polish themselves against your hand. Wipe with a soft cloth; a silver cloth brings the shine back when you want it. Take it off for the sea and the shower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band is open at the back, so one size fits most hands: slide it on, then press the ends gently together or apart to set it. It is meant to be adjusted a few times, not every day; find the size and leave it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Adjustable","offer_id":59208020230492,"sku":"200000369:200001539;200000226:175#Manjushri","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/buddhist-signet-ring-bosatsu-1.jpg?v=1790584489","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/buddhist-signet-ring-bosatsu","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}