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LOT 1856
Eastern Medieval Enamelled Bronze Ring
11TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (7.42 grams, 27.10 mm overall, 21.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Comprising a round-section hoop and a large oval disc bezel; the bezel with concentric voids filled with enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
See Цуњак, М., Марковић-Николић, Љ., Античке и средњовековне некрополе Смедерева (Ancient and Medieval Necropolises of Smederevo, in Serbian), Смедерево, 1997, p.99, for the type.
FootnotesThis type of ring with a very large oval bezel finds a good parallel with a bronze specimen found in the area of Smederevo. The use of the enamel could suggest the continuation of the ancient Roman tradition in the territories under the Eastern Roman Empire.
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