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LOT 0269
Seljuk Gold Signet Ring for Yusef Abdullah
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.67 grams, 22.81 mm overall, 15.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).
With D-section hoop, scooped shoulders each with an incised heart-shaped motif, raised square bezel with Kufic inscription 'Yusef Abdullah'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old French collection believed to have been formed in the 1960s.
Acquired privately as part of a collection in the early 1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue information page.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12268-214826.
Literature
Cf. Content, D.J. (ed.), Islamic Rings & Gems. The Zucker Collection, London, 1967, item 16, for type.
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