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LOT 1035
Large Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Calligraphic Agate Gemstone
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (20.52 grams, 29.22 mm overall, 21.86 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.2, Japan 27)).
Comprising a wide hoop with striated shoulders, openwork flower beneath the bezel, octagonal bezel set with an orange agate intaglio engraved with densely arranged calligraphic text in an oval medallion. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1035
Large Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Calligraphic Agate Gemstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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