拍品專文
The inscriptions around the sides of the bezel are partly too worn to be decipherable. Those that can be read say "dacim, iqbal, dawla, baqa" (perpetuity, prosperity, wealth, longevity). It is probable that every wa was on the corner and therefore has now been rubbed away.
Very few parallel examples exist for this ring with its sharply rounded shoulders, applied wirework and the lattice on the hexagonal bezel. One in the Khalili Collection has the first two features and is attributed to 11th or 12th century Iran (Wenzel, M.: Ornament and Amulet -- Rings of the Islamic Lands, London, 1993, no. 126, pp.48-9 and 204). That example has a similar benedictory inscription applied in wire-work around the sizes of the bezel but has a more normal setting for a rectangular stone in the top.
Very few parallel examples exist for this ring with its sharply rounded shoulders, applied wirework and the lattice on the hexagonal bezel. One in the Khalili Collection has the first two features and is attributed to 11th or 12th century Iran (Wenzel, M.: Ornament and Amulet -- Rings of the Islamic Lands, London, 1993, no. 126, pp.48-9 and 204). That example has a similar benedictory inscription applied in wire-work around the sizes of the bezel but has a more normal setting for a rectangular stone in the top.