GREEK, SASSANIAN AND ISLAMIC PERIODS
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SIX GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE RINGS
GREEK, SASSANIAN AND ISLAMIC PERIODS
Comprising a Greek bronze ring, the large oval bezel engraved with Aphrodite and Eros, 4th Century B.C., bezel .15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) long; three Sassanian rings with hardstone intaglios, two with gold hoops and intaglios with winged horse and a bird, the third of silver with gilt collar, the intaglio with two seated figures, circa 5th Century A.D.; and two Islamic gold rings, one with inscribed rectangular bezel, each shoulder with a trefoil leaf, the other with inscribed oval turquoise inlay in gold box-setting bezel chased with scroll pattern, two of four claws repaired, both 12th-13th Century A.D., all ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) max. across inner hoops (6)
GREEK, SASSANIAN AND ISLAMIC PERIODS
Comprising a Greek bronze ring, the large oval bezel engraved with Aphrodite and Eros, 4th Century B.C., bezel .15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) long; three Sassanian rings with hardstone intaglios, two with gold hoops and intaglios with winged horse and a bird, the third of silver with gilt collar, the intaglio with two seated figures, circa 5th Century A.D.; and two Islamic gold rings, one with inscribed rectangular bezel, each shoulder with a trefoil leaf, the other with inscribed oval turquoise inlay in gold box-setting bezel chased with scroll pattern, two of four claws repaired, both 12th-13th Century A.D., all ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) max. across inner hoops (6)
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