SASANIAN INSCRIBED BLUE INTAGLIO IN SILVER RING

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Ca. AD 300 - 600. A cobalt blue oval intaglio engraved with a line of script, set in a silver ring with a high oval collet framed by a narrow rim and flanked at the quarters by small cusped bosses. The stepped bezel is decorated with chased arabesques continuing onto the broad shoulders, which are formed with scrolling terminals. Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 15.4g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an London collection formed in the 1990s.

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