Early Byzantine Gold and Garnet Gemstone Ring with Bird

CONSTANTINOPLE, CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (3.52 grams, 22.74 mm overall, 17.38 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).

Hollow-formed with inset cloison, incuse profile bird motif.

Provenance

Private collection, acquired on the German art market in 1993; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Spier, J., Late Antique and Early Christian Gems, Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2007, for the 'The Garnet Workshop' discussion; cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 193, for type.

Footnotes

The ring belongs to the type I, variant 3, of Roman gold rings according to Ruseva-Slokoska’s classification. These rings had massive ellipsoid hoops with bands semi-circular on the outside, wider and thicker towards the shoulders.

CONDITION

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