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LOT 0399
Merovingian Gold Ring with Garnet Cabochon
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.64 grams, 22.80 mm overall, 18.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Comprising a keeled hoop with a lozenge-shaped bezel, raised cell set with garnet cabochon, applied granules framing the bezel.
Provenance
Acquired from London galleries during the 1990s.
From the jewellery collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Spier, J., Byzantium and the West: Jewelry in the First Millennium, London, 2012, for a ring with similar garnet stone and pellet granulation.
Footnotes
The Merovingian rings typically have bezels in the form of four-sided pyramids decorated with filigree, granulation, and sometimes
inlay. Around the bezel, as in this case, are often triangular clusters of granulation and gold pellets.
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