Finger Ring, Burma, Pyu Period, ca. 9th century. Size: US8.75; Weight: 9 grams. Price On Request. © Susan Ollemans.

The cast ring has a vessica-shaped, flat bezel swelling from a tapered hoop with well-defined central rib and a shoulder scored with two incised lines.

The bezel is engraved, with a goddess shown kneeling while holding an offering in her upraised right hand. She is facing the curved double prow of a vessel.

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