OTTOMAN SILVER RING WITH INSCRIBED CARNELIAN

Ca. AD 1500 - 1700 A silver ring with a tapering, flat-section hoop and a raised rectangular bezel set with a carnelian intaglio engraved with a two-line Arabic inscription. The setting has a moulded frame with beaded borders along its sides, and the shoulders are decorated with engraved geometric patterns of intersecting lines. Size: D:18.14mm / US: 8 / UK: P 1/2; Weight: 9.7g Provenance: From a private UK collection; earlier purchased on the London art market in the 1990s.

Estimate:£200

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