Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Ring Group

CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 -1 in. (21.3 grams total, 19-26 mm).

Comprising: a ring with a hexagonal inscribed bezel and raised leaf-shaped bosses on the shank; a ring with a tall domed bezel with petals; a ring with a keeled hoop and a circular bezel with a central lozenge. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.

Literature

Cf. similar Ottoman rings and seals in Gerelyes, I., ‘Ottoman seals at the Hungarian National Museum: connections between shapes, inscriptions, and materials’ in Gergely, S. (ed.), Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae, Budapest, 2023, pp.277-295, figs.1,5.

CONDITION

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LOT 1619