Eastern European Medieval Ring with Chrismon

14TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (3.17 grams, 19.75 mm overall, 16.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).

Comprising a D-section hoop and a large discoid bezel with hatched border and geometric motifs, tracing a Christian symbol. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Đurović, I., Средњовековни накит из збирки Народног музеја Крагујевац (Medieval jewelry from the collections of the National Museum Kragujevac, in Serbian), Крагујевац, 2012, fig.66, for the type.

Footnotes

The ring, which gradually widens towards the shoulders, transitions into a slightly raised and circularly flattened bezel that seems to have been decorated with a roughly engraved Chrismon. This category of rings finds parallels in the Balkans and is dated 13th-14th century A.D.

CONDITION

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LOT 1865