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LOT 0207
Heavy Byzantine Gold Marriage Ring with Christ and Facing Couple
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (22.45 grams, 27.95 mm overall, 18.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Substantial hoop and applied quatrefoil bezel, incuse design comprising nimbate facing bust of Christ above a cross potent between male and female profile busts and flanked by kneeling winged and nimbate angels, legend 'VΓIA' (hygia 'good health') beneath.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13415-259785.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 490, for type; Baldini Lippolis, I., L'Oreficeria nell'Impero di Costantinopoli tra IV e VII secolo (the Jewellery in the Empire of Constantinople between IV and VII centuries, in Italian), Bari, 1999, p.214, for the type, especially nos.18-19.
FootnotesThe ring belongs to the category of Eastern Roman rings featuring a polygonal band and an applied bezel, a type particularly common in the 7th century A.D., especially for marriage rings. It shows the conventional depiction of the bride and groom blessed by God.
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LOT 0207
Heavy Byzantine Gold Marriage Ring with Christ and Facing Couple
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000€8,120 - 10,440 (for guidance only)$9,450 - 12,150 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Stone Amulet with Engraved Christ
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
D-shaped in plan with raised rim to the obverse, facing bust with nimbus and cross; inked collector's labels to reverse. 2.53 grams, 18 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Religious Scene
Circa 7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Narrow hoop with facets to outer face, disc bezel with twelve robed figures (apostles?) below swept wings, two flanking nimbate angels and median vesica with Mary Theotokos. 8.94 grams, 26.29 mm overall, 21.17 x 19.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Mould-Blown Octagonal Green Glass Jug
5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Featuring an octagonal body with a flattened shoulder and a cylindrical neck with a funnel-shaped mouth and a folded rim, a tooled single handle drawn up and outward from the shoulder to the rim, the sides mould-blown and displaying four types of lozenge motifs, each repeated twice, a concave base with a six-petalled flower with a pontil mark at the centre. 138 grams, 16.7 cm
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s. From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman. Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s. Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance.
Hexagonal and octagonal jars or jugs, decorated with Christian or Jewish symbols or neutral geometric patterns, were mass-produced in moulds for the pilgrims visiting the Holy Land during the Late Roman Empire. These “pilgrim vessels” are also recorded from Cyprus, an island that was on the sea route that brought pilgrims to and from Jerusalem.
