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LOT 1081
Western Asiatic Silver Ring with Niello
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 in. (9.03 grams, 23.84 mm overall, 19.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
With carinated hoop, heater-shaped plaques to the shoulders, hexagonal bezel with pellet to each angle and reserved calligraphic legend.
Provenance
From a central European collection.
Mr S.A., acquired in 1992.
Thence by descent, family 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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LOT 1081
Western Asiatic Silver Ring with Niello
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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