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LOT 0889
Gemstone with Kufic Inscription in Silver Ring
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (13.18 grams, 29.95 mm overall, 20.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
Carnelian bezel with inscribed names of Muhammed and twelve Imams, in a later silver finger ring.
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
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