Ring, Iran, 12th century. Gold; cast and fabricated from sheet, decorated with bitumen-highlighted incising, set with tourmaline bead. H. 15/16 in. (2.4 cm) W. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) D. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Wt. 0.2 oz. (5.7 g). The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1980, 1980.541.6 © 2000–2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This ring with a tourmaline bead conforms to a popular design worn by Seljuq men but sometimes presented to women as love tokens.