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LOT 1370
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.
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