Crafted from 18-carat gold, the ring is set with a pear-cut iolite, an emerald-cut beryl and 37 round-cut diamonds weighing a total of 0.32 carats.
This gold ring, from Hermès' fine jewelry collection "Niloticus", is named after the "Nile crocodile", one of Egypt's most revered and worshipped animals, and the designer articulates the gold "scales" that match the shape into a complete ring, realistically presenting a grid-like crocodile skin shape.
In ancient Egyptian times, pharaohs kept "Nile crocodiles" in temple pools, decorated them with ornate jewelry, and worshipped them as gods. The ancient dynastic period of Egypt (2686-2181 BC) was named after the "Niloticus", and the Sixth Dynasty of Upper Egypt also used the Nile crocodile as the symbol of the dynasty.
The designer uses crocodile skin to express the theme of "Nile crocodile" and uses the oldest precious metal material, gold, to add to the historical temperament of the work. The entire work is composed of 16 scales of different shapes, each with a silhouette that fits against each other, and the cracks of the scales are also dotted with small round diamonds, reminiscent of ornaments made by the ancient Egyptians for the Nile crocodile.
The ring has a symmetrical design and is centered on a gemstone-encrusted "scepter" symbolizing the worship of the Nile crocodile by the ancient Egyptian dynasty. At each end of the scepter shape is a drop-shaped Iolite and an emerald-cut beryl, with a clear violet color, which has a strong polychromaticity and has very high requirements for the cutting process; Beryl and emerald belong to the same family of gemstones, due to different colorogenic elements with different green tones, emeralds contain the "chromium" element, so the color is more full, and green beryl contains trivalent iron ions, so it appears light green.