A TURQUOISE INSET GOLD RING

SELJUK PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY

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A TURQUOISE INSET GOLD RING
SELJUK PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY
The hexagonal bezel with a central inset turquoise surrounded by a border of niello arabesques, the bezel soldered to the shank with pseudo-claws, each corner with an applied gold triangular element surrounding the words al-'izz and iqbal (glory and prosperity) in niello, these words repeated in a panel under the bezel, the shoulders with applied openwork rope-patterns, the shank with further applied gold elements and engraved and niello arabesques, light surface dirt
.7/8in.(2.5cm.) high

拍品专文

Two related rings with stones set into an otherwise plain bezel within a niello scrolling border, one of circular form, the other of rectangular, are in the Khalili Collection (Wenzel, Marian: Ornament and Amulet, Rings of the Islamic Lands: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. XVI, London, 1993, nos.227 and 230, pp.76-7 and p.223).