BYZANTINE SILVER AND NIELLO ARCHER'S RING WITH STARS

拍品描述

Ca. AD 1000 - 1200. A silver archer's ring with a flat-section hoop, broadening into a triangular thumb guard. Three roundels are set around the hoop, each inlaid in niello with an eight-pointed star within a lozenge. Size: D:19.76mm / US: 10 / UK: T 1/2; Weight: 14.9g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired in Germany; formerly with A. Moser collection, Switzerland 1990s-2000.

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