STUNNING BYZANTINE BISHOP'S OPENWORK HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CROSS AND AMETHYST CABOCHON

拍品描述

Ca. AD 500 - 700. A gold ring with a tall bezel framed by beaded wire and filled with openwork scrolls enclosing a granulated cross, centred by an amethyst cabochon. The shoulders and shank with matching openwork panels within beaded borders, the hoop broad and plain within. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1971.165. Size: D:16.71mm / US: 6 1/4 / UK: M; Weight: 12g Provenance: Private London collection; previously with F.A., Brussels; Belgian collection formed between the early 1970s to the early 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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