From the 2nd century through to the 15th centuꦑry, the Champa Empire flourished in present-day central and southern Vietnam. As a result of the region being divided by numerous rivers and separated by mountains, Champa was not a unified kingdom but rather a coalition ♛of polities whose power waxed and waned. The Champa empire borrowed heavily from Indian culture and religion, even adopting Sanskrit as its sacred language. In Sanskrit, Champa is the name of a bush and a flower.

Maritime trade was the primary source of income for the seafaring Cham; many also earned a living through farming, silk weaving, and gold jewellery crafting. From the 10th century onwards, Arab merchants stopped along the Vietnamese coast en route to China, bringing⛦ an increased Islamic cultural and religious influence.

As seen in this exquisite group of 14th-century Champa gold r♊ings in the collection, each ring is set with a𝕴 precious stone in a high collet, decorated with intricate repoussé work on the shanks and engraved with a four-petaled lotus motif on the reverse. Each piece shows considerable Arabic artisanal influence.

This group of🌠 gold jewellery remains🌃 as evidence of this once great civilization before its fall to northern Vietnamese invaders in the 15th century. 

占城為中南半島古國，為今越南中南部。唐代以前，中國古籍ꦇ稱為林邑，唐代史籍稱環王國，五代十國後稱占城。占城肇建於二世紀，覆亡於十五世紀⛄，國祚超過一千六百年。

由於占城的河流眾多，縱橫🍃交錯，加上高山林立，本土地理位置使占城的🍃權力相對分散，地方勢力盛衰無常。占城深受印度的文化及信仰影響，更參照了梵文創立了獨有的文字。「占城」在梵文便是「邑」、「城」的意思。

占族人🌠的主要收入來自海上貿易、次要收入則來自畜牧、絲綢紡織及珠寶製作。自十世紀開始，占族人與阿拉伯商貿頻密，大大受到伊✤斯蘭教文化的影響。部份族人亦由婆羅門教改信伊斯蘭教。

雪月收藏中包括♏一組十四世紀戒指，工巧精緻，꧋實屬占城金器之至臻典範。每枚戒指皆鑲嵌寶石，柄飾別緻花紋，背刻四瓣蓮紋，反映著當時占城與阿拉伯文化的交流，及古國權傾一時之​景。