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Estimate
GBP (£) 5,000 - 7,000
EUR (€) 5,780 - 8,100
USD ($) 6,700 - 9,380
£2,500 (EUR 2,892; USD 3,349) (+bp*)
6TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (23.66 grams, 31.00 mm overall, 19.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Comprising a D-section hoop with flat sides bearing wave-pattern ornament and legend 'MAPIAC / EYTPOΠIOY' (belonging to Mary and Eutropius); tiered bezel with incised key-pattern and undulating line to the edges; shoulders with palmette motif; discoid plaque with incuse wreath surrounding a bird with star above and lizard; with platinum inclusions.
PROVENANCE:
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12970-246013.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 466, 469, for type; cf. Christie's, New York, 18 December 1998, no.160 ($20,000-$30,000), a similar ring from the same workshop.
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