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LOT 1426
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Mary and Christ
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (9.40 grams, 29.85 mm overall, 19.74 x 17.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With flared disc bezel, incuse image of Mary Theotokos and infant Jesus beside a frond.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 480, for type.
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LOT 1426
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Mary and Christ
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) ‡+BP*
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Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp Group
Holy Land, circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: brown pottery oil lamp with a band of raised decoration around the shoulder, small stub handle to the rear and a cross-shaped maker's mark on the base; grey pottery oil lamp with a large filler hole and a slightly concave base. 176 grams total, 81-84 mm
Ex J. Zadok & Sons, 18, King David Road, Jerusalem, Israel. From the G.H. Freelander collection, formed in the late 1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by two previous catalogue information slips. -
Byzantine Silver Ring with Niello and Monogram
Circa 7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Plano-convex in section with incised heart to each shoulder, pelleted border to the bezel enclosing a monogram with central 'Φ' and 'T, B, Υ, N'. 4.33 grams, 22.05 mm overall, 18.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Gold Ring with IHS Monogram
Circa 11th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
With stepped shoulders ornamented with foliate detailing, discoid bezel with concentric rings and 'IHS' legend. 6.56 grams, 22.65 mm overall, 19.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13417-259787.
The ring bears the inscription IHS, a monogram representing the Holy Name of Jesus. This monogram derives from the combination of the three letters I (iota), H (eta), and S (sigma)—the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus, ΙΗΣΟΥΣ. The inscription was likely added by a Latin between the 11th and 12th centuries to a ring forged in Byzantium, or the ring itself may be considered a product of the Latins of the East, the Crusaders of Outremer.
