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LOT 0816
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.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, 583, for type.
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Byzantine Gold Ring with Cross
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Composed of a slender rectangular-section hoop and cruciform bezel with expanding round-section arms, central dome and granule to each quarter; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 2.72 grams, 21.96 mm overall, 14.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)
Private European collection since the 1950s. Private collection, UK, 2010. -
Byzantine Redware Bread Seal
Circa 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bearing a central hand motif and surrounding inscription in Greek letters 'K E R A Y I O I T H I M (?)' probably the mark of the producer. 239 grams, 10.2 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Museum collections hold many stamps or seals of different forms, materials and shapes, some bearing inscriptions or images. These could have been used on bread, dough or on fresh clay to stamp amphoras, bricks, lamps and other clay objects. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird and Greek Inscription
Circa 12th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Composed of a slender hoop expanding to facetted shoulders, octagonal bezel engraved with a bird standing left at centre, Greek or pseudo Greek text in the surrounding field. 10.13 grams, 24.76 mm overall, 21.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery.
