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LOT 0219
Byzantine or Merovingian Gold Ring with Emerald and Pearls
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.70 grams, 27.95 mm overall, 16.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
With a heavy hollow-formed hoop, three pellets to each shoulder; raised square bezel set with emerald framed with pelletted border, four applied loops to the outer edge holding decorative gold wire with seed pearls. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx New York, USA, private collection in the early 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12105-214336.
Cf. Hadjadj, R., Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, item p.39, for similar emerald cabochon.
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LOT 0219
Byzantine or Merovingian Gold Ring with Emerald and Pearls
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