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LOT 0229
Western Asiatic Gold Ring with Calligraphic Gemstone
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (7.00 grams, 22.05 mm overall, 16.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).
Ellipsoid bezel with inset garnet cabochon, incised Kufic inscription.
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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