Late Medieval Period Gold Signet Ring with Arabic Inscription

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (7.68 grams, 19.52 mm overall, 14.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).

Substantial hoop with tapering shoulders, ellipsoid plaque; engraved pointillé disc to each shoulder with reserved rampant winged beast above a piriform motif, Kufic script legend to the plaque and surrounding area. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private USA collection.
Acquired from the Alexander Gallery, New York, USA, in the early 2000s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12294-214827.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 523, for type.

CONDITION

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