Lot Essay
For the type see no. 11, p. 54 in Gonosová and Kondoleon, Art of Late Rome and Byzantium in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
ACQUIRED SINCE THE 1960S
A BYZANTINE GOLD, PEARL AND EMERALD FINGER RING
CIRCA LATE 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A BYZANTINE GOLD, PEARL AND EMERALD FINGER RING
Circa Late 6th-7th Century A.D.
The elaborate openwork hoop consisting of a zigzag wire framed by plain and beaded wires, joined to the underside of the high funnel-shaped bezel, an emerald cabochon set at the center, surrounded by pearls strung on a wire and held in place by four hoops attached to the bezel
1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm.) high; ring size 8
Circa Late 6th-7th Century A.D.
The elaborate openwork hoop consisting of a zigzag wire framed by plain and beaded wires, joined to the underside of the high funnel-shaped bezel, an emerald cabochon set at the center, surrounded by pearls strung on a wire and held in place by four hoops attached to the bezel
1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm.) high; ring size 8
Provenance
Said to have been found in the Western Empire.
Literature
S. Gohr, et al., Wahre Wunder, Sammler & Sammlungen im Rheinland, no. A21.30, p. 51 (ill.).
Exhibited
Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Wahre Wunder, Sammler & Sammlungen im Rheinland, 5 November 2000 - 11 February 2001.