Byzantine Bronze Ring with Saints

12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (7.64 grams, 20.53 mm overall, 15.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H 1/2, USA 4, Europe 6.81, Japan 6)).

An interphalangeal ring with a hexagonal bezel showing two nimbate figures. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. for the type Crajovan, B., ‘Inele medievale cu şi fără chaton descoperite pe teritoriul jud. Timiş, România,’ in Patrimonium Banaticum IX, 2019, pp.167–175, pl.3/5.

Footnotes

This category of rings had a hexagonal-rounded chaton raised above the link. Conforming to the iconography of the Orthodox countries under the influence of Byzantium, the possible decoration was related to the military saints.

CONDITION

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