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LOT 0178
Byzantine Silver-Gilt Temple Ring Pair
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 - 3 in. (91 grams total, 72-75 mm).
Hollow-formed with applied filigree collars to shank and base of horns, bulbs with horns and granule clusters; one bulb detached. [2]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
See Entwistle, C. & Adams, N., Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010, for discussion.
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LOT 0178
Byzantine Silver-Gilt Temple Ring Pair
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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