Late Medieval Period Gold Signet Ring with Arabic Inscription

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (8.13 grams, 20.48 mm overall, 17.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).

With D-section hoop and disc bezel, incised nasta'liq inscription. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an old French collection believed to have been formed in the 1960s.
Acquired privately as part of a collection in the early 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12298-214825.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 540; Content, D.J. (ed.), Islamic Rings & Gems. The Zucker Collection, London, 1967, item 94, for type.

CONDITION

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