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Details
An Islamic gold and garnet ring
Of tall broad stirrup shape with rectangular bezel and four claw-set garnet beads with indented channel top, the shaped triangular shoulders with engraved and niello work decoration, the sides and bezel with engraved and niello work script design and rosette depicting a bird, Iran or Jazirah, possibly 12th or 13th century, finger size F1/2
Of tall broad stirrup shape with rectangular bezel and four claw-set garnet beads with indented channel top, the shaped triangular shoulders with engraved and niello work decoration, the sides and bezel with engraved and niello work script design and rosette depicting a bird, Iran or Jazirah, possibly 12th or 13th century, finger size F1/2
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; acquired 1960-1981, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Cf. M. Wenzel, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Ornament & Amulet, Oxford, 1993, p.66-67, nos. 183 & 191 for similar rings of design and date.
Further details
This type or ring was traditionally constructed using gold sheet over a wooden core.
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