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LOT 1321
Western Asiatic Garnet-Set Gold Ring
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.01 grams, 22.29 mm overall, 18.50 x 14.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
With an expanding rectangular-section hoop, applied granule to each shoulder; large oval bezel with a beaded border, set with a domed garnet with decorative flattened areas.
Provenance
From a private family collection formed in the 1970s.
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