OTTOMAN GOLD RING WITH INSCRIBED CARNELIAN

Ca. AD 1700 A gold ring with a slender, flat-section hoop expanding into openwork shoulders and a raised oval bezel set with an inscribed carnelian intaglio. The stone is enclosed by a plain gold collet with applied ribs around its circumference. Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 3.3g Provenance: From a private UK collection; earlier purchased on the London art market in the 1990s.

Estimate:£300

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