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LOT 0203

Byzantine Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnets

6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (4.04 grams, 23.53 mm overall, 18.52 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).

With gusset to the hoop, each triangular shoulder with three cells containing garnet cabochons, bezel a piriform cell with granules and inset garnet cabochon.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 690, for type.

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LOT 0203

Byzantine Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnets

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690

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