拍品 140
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AN EARLY OTTOMAN OR ARTUKID GOLD RING, the bezel of box form in the shape of a six-pointed star, the surface with applied wire-work roundels, six seed-pearls strung between the points of the star, the shank with engraved scrolling and lozenge motifs flaring to cast arabesque terminals with dragon-head finials below the bezel, 14th century

细节
AN EARLY OTTOMAN OR ARTUKID GOLD RING, the bezel of box form in the shape of a six-pointed star, the surface with applied wire-work roundels, six seed-pearls strung between the points of the star, the shank with engraved scrolling and lozenge motifs flaring to cast arabesque terminals with dragon-head finials below the bezel, 14th century
bezel 11/16in. (1.7cm.) across

拍品专文

The side panels with the arabesques terminating in stylised dragon heads are reminiscent of manuscript illumination as well as metal door knockers and carved wooden doors. The shape of the bezel and the widening of the shank point to a fourteenth century date.

We are grateful to Dr Marian Wenzel for her help in attributing this lot.