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LOT 1194
Western Asiatic Gold Ring in Traditional Form
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (4.16 grams, 34.09 mm overall, 14.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
D-section hoop with spurs to the shoulders, tall trumpet-shaped bezel with carinated rim and inset turquoise cabochon.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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