A TIMURID PART NIELLOED SILVER RING, the tringular section shank with basal flowerhead, the sides with panels of scrolling vine on a niello ground, the shoulders with arabesque panels extending into stylised dragon heads with engraved geometric motifs supporting the deep hexafoil bezel with central roundel containing niello flowering vine around a six-pointed star, on a pounced ground, in a border of delicate arabesque leaves, the sides with plaited rope-pattern, the underside of each lobe with a floral spray, 15th century (slight wear) bezel 7/8in. (2.2cm.) across