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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