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LOT 0227
Byzantine Gold Ring with Married Couple
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.24 grams, 21.00 mm overall, 14.95 x 17.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Discoid bezel incuse image of two facing busts with beaded headresses, legend 'ΘΕΟΥ' (belonging to god) below, later round-section hoop.
ProvenancePrivate collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13489-262461.
Cf. similar subject in a ring from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no.63.1555; Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 489, for type.
FootnotesSome types of marriage rings exhibit schematic images of the couple in either formal bust form or full length. The bride and groom flank usually a cross and/or a figure of Christ, identifiable by his cruciform nimbus. Christ blesses the couple by joining their hands or by resting his own hands on their shoulders. Here the image of Christ is substituted by the inscription ‘of God’, with the meaning that the marriage is holy and belongs to God.
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LOT 0227
Byzantine Gold Ring with Married Couple
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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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Spread Eagle
Circa 12th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Flat-section hoop with expanding shoulders, a discoid plaque with incised bird in flight motif. 4.24 grams, 22.24 mm overall, 20.22 x 18.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Gold Ring Depicting the Virgin and Christ with Inscription
Circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Thick flat-section hoop with incised legend 'ΑΓIOC ΑΓIOC ΑΓIOC KYPIOC' (holy holy holy Lord); oblate bezel with Mary Theotokos and infant, flanked by crosses potent and feint Greek legend to the border 'K[...]ΛHI / [..]OCHΘI'. 8.09 grams, 20.91 mm overall, 17.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
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.13416-259786.
The ring belongs to the type of Eastern Roman band rings featuring a sheet-metal bezel, common between the 6th and 7th centuries. The inscription "thrice Holy" (*Aghios-Aghios-Aghios*) refers to the Cherubikon hymn, while the protective formula *K[YPIE] / [B]OHΘI* ...*ΛHI*.... ("Lord, help *ΛHI*") refers to the ring's owner. -
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp with Roundel Decoration
Holy Land, circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The body with roundel decoration in relief, small stub handle to the rear and a triangular spout. 83 grams, 96 mm
Ex J. Zadok & Sons, 18, King David Road, Jerusalem, Israel. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a certificate of antiquity issued by J. Zadok & Sons.
