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LOT 0228
Byzantine Electrum Architectural Ring with Flat Bed Garnet
CIRCA 6TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (5.76 grams, 31.57 mm overall, 17.90 x 18.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
The circular hoop composed of two carinated hoops, a finely decorated trumpet bezel set with a later flat-cut deep red garnet framed by a fine band of granules, and four oval beads enriched with granules supporting the bezel.
ProvenanceEx collection of a professional lady, 1970-1990s.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information page with provenance.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13536-263217.
Cf. Spier, J., Byzantium and the West: Jewelry in the First Millennium, London, 2012, p.162, no.29, for a similar (but not identical) architectural ring.
FootnotesThe architectural shape of the ring copies Eastern Roman prototypes, and it is possible that it was made in Western workshops of the Migration period, which tend to be more ornate, with greater use of twisted wire filigree and garnet. Eastern Gothic and Merovingian versions of the architectural ring have been found widely in central and Western Europe.
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LOT 0228
Byzantine Electrum Architectural Ring with Flat Bed Garnet
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£900 (EUR 1,044; USD 1,215) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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Opening Bid: £900
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Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
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Opening Bid: £50
Enkolpion with hinged loop, nimbate figure of Virgin Mary in orans pose to obverse, Corpus Christi to reverse. 20.83 grams, 58 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
