BYZANTINE SOLID HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH LARGE EMERALD

拍品描述

Ca. AD 400 - 600. A gold ring with a hoop formed as a band of closely spaced transverse ribs, with small bosses at the shoulders. A high box setting holds a rectangular emerald, the mount edged by a waved frame above a plain inner wall. For similar see: J. Spier, Byzantium and the West, Jewelry in the First Millennium, n. 8. Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 5.2g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Belgium; formerly in a German private collection before 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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