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LOT 0372
Dark Age Gold Ring with Flat-Bed Garnet
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.25 grams, 21.52 mm overall, 18.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With slender hoop and splayed shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with twisted collar and beaded wire filet, cell with inset almandine garnet over a waffle-pattern sheet-gold backing.
ProvenanceEx private collection, 1970s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12470-228354.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Hadjadj, R., Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, items 20, 153, 231, for type.
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