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LOT 1495
Sasanian Gemstone in Silver Ring
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 1/8 in. (7.32 grams, 28.62 mm overall, 19.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Ellipsoid lapis lazuli cloison with intaglio horse; set in a later stepped silver cell, D-shaped hoop with filigree to each outer edge; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 485, for type.
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