MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH RED CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF A QUADRUPED

Ca. AD 700 - 900. A gold ring with a slender hoop expanding into ornamented spaulders and an oval bezel mount bordered by beading. Set with a carnelian intaglio engraved with a quadruped walking to the left. Size: D:17.12mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N; Weight: 1.8g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.

Estimate:£200

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