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ONE OF A KIND ARCHIVAL DARIUS WORKS FEATURING SIGNIFICANT AND UNIQUE STONES

RENDERED IN FAIRMINED GOLD AND ANTIQUE DIAMONDS, THESE WORKS SPEAK TO A PREHISTORIC MEMORY WITHIN THE HUMAN ANIMAL. DATED TO THE 3RD MILLENNIUM BCE, THOUSANDS OF EYE IDOL STATUETTES HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED AT THE SITE OF THE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN EYE TEMPLE AT TELL BRAK IN MODERN DAY SYRIA.
THESE FIVE-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD ANTHROPOMORPHIC VOTIVE OFFERINGS DEPICT FIGURES IN A STATE OF DIVINE ECSTASY, THEIR WIDE HYPNOTIC EYES DEMONSTRATING ATTENTIVE DEVOTION TO THE GODS.

THE PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY AND PURITY OF THEIR FORM, DELIBERATE ON THE PART OF THE ANCIENT ARTISANS WHO CRAFTED THEM, ALLOWS THEIR TRANSCENDENCE OF HISTORICAL EMPLACEMENT, BECOMING IMAGES REFLECTED FROM THE DEEP FUTURE. THESE EFFEGIES REPRESENT AN ELEMENT OF HUMAN NATURE WHICH IS UNIVERSAL AND INTRINSIC: ONE OF NATURAL DEVOTION TO THE LIVING UNIVERSE, AND OF ATTENTIVE PRESENCE - I AM.

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SHELL MOTIFS TRACED FROM ARTIFACTS DATED TO THE 9TH CENTURY BCE ARE HAND CARVED IN SOLID FAIRMINED 18K YELLOW GOLD WITH DARIUS' SIGNATURE 24K SATIN FINISH, OFFERED IN STYLES STUDDED WITH ANTIQUE DIAMONDS AND FINE COLORED STONES. THESE WORKS DRAW EMPHASIS TO THE UNIVERSALITY OF SHELLS AS THE ORIGINAL FORM OF ADORNMENT ACROSS CULTURES STRETCHING BACK TO EARLIEST HUMAN HISTORY.

IMAGINED WITHIN THE BRAND'S UNIQUE VISUAL VOCABULARY, THIS COLLECTION TRANSLATES THE MOST ANCIENT FORM OF ORNAMENTATION TO ELEVATED WORKS OF FINE ART JEWELRY.

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Shell and stone, Iron Age II, Hasanlu Period IV, circa 9000 B.C.

EARLY DYNASTIC I-II PERIOD, CIRCA 2900-2600 B.C.

our brand logo and maker’s mark draws inspiration from the dynamic geometry of ancient forms rendered in stone.