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CIRCA LATE 5TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND ROCK CRYSTAL FINGER RING
CIRCA LATE 5TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY A.D.
The sheet hoop flat on the interior, ridged on the exterior, joined to the underside of the rectangular box bezel, beaded wire at the joins and along the bezel flange, set with a rectangular cabochon rock crystal, the underside preserving red pigment, visible through the stone
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) wide; ring size 8½
CIRCA LATE 5TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY A.D.
The sheet hoop flat on the interior, ridged on the exterior, joined to the underside of the rectangular box bezel, beaded wire at the joins and along the bezel flange, set with a rectangular cabochon rock crystal, the underside preserving red pigment, visible through the stone
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) wide; ring size 8½
Provenance
European Private Collection, acquired in the 1960s; Ancient Jewelry, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2013, lot 537.
Literature
S. Gohr, et al., Wahre Wunder, Sammler & Sammlungen im Rheinland, Cologne, 2000, no. A21.16, p. 50.
Exhibited
Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle,Wahre Wunder, Sammler & Sammlungen im Rheinland, 8 November 2000 - 11 February 2001.
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