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CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND EMERALD FINGER RING
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
The plain flat hoop incised on the shoulders with hatching, joined to the underside of the rectangular box bezel, a single granule in each corner, the bezel set with a sliced cylindrical emerald
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) wide; ring size 9½
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
The plain flat hoop incised on the shoulders with hatching, joined to the underside of the rectangular box bezel, a single granule in each corner, the bezel set with a sliced cylindrical emerald
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) wide; ring size 9½
Provenance
European Private Collection, acquired in the 1960s; Ancient Jewelry, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2013, lot 538.
Literature
S. Gohr, et al., Wahre Wunder, Sammler & Sammlungen im Rheinland, Cologne, 2000, no. A21.25, p. 285.
Exhibited
Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Wahre Wunder, Sammler & Sammlungen im Rheinland, 5 November 2000 - 11 February 2001.
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