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LOT 1463
Byzantine Silver Archer's Thumb Ring
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.80 grams, 27.26 mm overall, 20.13 x 21.18 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
With narrow triangular flange, with incised foliage design on the outer face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1463
Byzantine Silver Archer's Thumb Ring
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Large Veneto-Byzantine Gold Signet Ring with 'I Save from Danger' Inscription
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £5,000
With broad carinated hoop, low-relief monogram to each shoulder ('K' and 'A'); discoid bezel with central lion rampant and two concentric bands of text: outer (retrograde) - '+ΔA COCO AΠO KVNAINOHTOYA' (I save from danger); inner (sinistrograde) -'+XPICOC KOCMH ΔAKTHO KAI ΨIKI ΛΟΓH' (Gold adorns the finger and soul and mind). 16.55 grams, 25.91 mm overall, 20.50 x 18.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Acquired from Derek Content, 9 March 1983. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original invoice from Derek Content, 9 March 1983. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13406- 259827.
This massive ring is a good example of how inscriptions in jewellery became more prominent during Late Byzantium. Here, the inscription is particularly developed and combines various functions, partially expressed in the concentric arrangement of the decoration. The Frankish style is reflected by the heraldic lion at the centre of the bezel, while the Eastern Roman component is strongly visible in the decoration of the shoulders. -
Byzantine Silver Ring with Niello and Monogram
Circa 7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Plano-convex in section with incised heart to each shoulder, pelleted border to the bezel enclosing a monogram with central 'Φ' and 'T, B, Υ, N'. 4.33 grams, 22.05 mm overall, 18.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Pink Cabochon
15th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
With bezel of flattened conical form pierced at the base, inset glass cabochon. 5.55 grams, 26.50 mm overall, 16.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
