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A group of five Islamic hardstone rings
Comprising: a gold ring, the oval bloodstone intaglio bezel engraved with Naskh script with the names of (Prophet) Muhammad and (his daughter) Fatima in the centre, within the names of the twelve Shi'i Imams, in gold mount with raised and engraved decoration, the hoop with central boss at the base, Safavid, Iran, probably 18th century; two gold rings each with turquoise bezel engraved in Kufic script, possibly Anatolia, 15th century; a cornelian archer's ring, North West India or Eastern Iran, 17th-20th century; a gold banded agate ring; another silver ring
Partially illustrated (6)
Comprising: a gold ring, the oval bloodstone intaglio bezel engraved with Naskh script with the names of (Prophet) Muhammad and (his daughter) Fatima in the centre, within the names of the twelve Shi'i Imams, in gold mount with raised and engraved decoration, the hoop with central boss at the base, Safavid, Iran, probably 18th century; two gold rings each with turquoise bezel engraved in Kufic script, possibly Anatolia, 15th century; a cornelian archer's ring, North West India or Eastern Iran, 17th-20th century; a gold banded agate ring; another silver ring
Partially illustrated (6)
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; acquired 1960-1981, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
For the archer's ring cf. op. cit. M. Wenzel, p. 146, no.320, also op. cit. A. B. Chadour, vol. I, p167, no. 550
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