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LOT 0280

Merovingian Gold Ring with Garnet in Lozenge Bezel

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (3.16 grams, 22.79 mm overall, 20.52 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).

A gold finger ring comprising a lozengiform bezel and twisted hoop; applied filigree bilinear frame to the bezel enclosing four applied filigree hoops and central cell with inset garnet cloison over a waffle-pattern gold-foil reflector.

Provenance

Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11651-199135.

Literature

Cf. Hadjadj, R., Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, item 144, for type; see also Adams, N., Rethinking the Sutton Hoo Shoulder-Clasps and Armour, in Entwistle, C. & Adams, N., Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010, for discussion of the cloisonné technique.

CONDITION

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LOT 0280

Merovingian Gold Ring with Garnet in Lozenge Bezel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,276

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