拍品 60
60
RINGS
A RARE BYZANTINE GOLD AND EMERALD RING, the bezel in the form of a small four-arched structure supporting a cabochon emerald, with beaded gold detail at intervals, plain tapering gold hoop, 6th Century, A.D.

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A RARE BYZANTINE GOLD AND EMERALD RING, the bezel in the form of a small four-arched structure supporting a cabochon emerald, with beaded gold detail at intervals, plain tapering gold hoop, 6th Century, A.D.
Finger size L 1/2

拍品專文

The above ring, with bezel reminiscent of a reliquary casket, is similar in form to the three following examples. Cf. Treasures from the Pforzeim Collection, (Goldsmiths' Company, 1993) no.48 and 'Les Objets Byzantins et Post-Byzantins', Catalogue of the Collection Hélène Stathatos (1957), no.3 (found on the Greek island of Chios) and p.16, figs.3,4 (a ring in the Louvre)