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LOT 1214

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE RING WITH CALLIGRAPHIC INSCRIPTION
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (6.21 grams, 22.86 mm overall, 16.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).

Comprising a narrow hoop with bulb to the underside, discoid bezel with calligraphic nastaliq-script legend; possibly Timurid period. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 533, for type.

CONDITION
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