Seljuk Gold Ring with Inscription

12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (13.16 grams, 21.68 mm overall, 17.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).

With ornamented D-section hoop expanding towards the shoulders, domed plaque below and shield-like waisted shoulders with scrollwork and plinth-shaped support with S-scrolls framing the central plaque with Arabic inscription 'Hassan/ Aundt'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a French private collection, circa 1960s.
Acquired from a private collection in the early 1990s.
Property of a North American gallery.

Accompanied by a copy of a previous cataloguing information page.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12103-214334.

Literature

Cf. Wenzel, M., Ornament and Amulet: Rings of the Islamic Lands (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art), London, 1993, nos. 211 and 279, for similar design; see also Content, D. (ed.), Islamic Rings & Gems. The Zucker Collection, London, 1987, no.28.

CONDITION

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