Byzantine Silver Ring with Pierced Cross

12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

7/8 in. (8.44 grams, 22.34 mm overall, 17.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).

Broad flat-section hoop and discoid bezel with notched edge, cross pommee void to the centre and to each shoulder.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market, 1980s-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, 583, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0816