SELJUK SILVER AND NIELLO RING WITH GEOMETRIC ENGRAVING

Ca. AD 1200 - 1300 A silver ring with a broad, tapering hoop and a raised square bezel with rounded corners. The flat face is engraved and inlaid in niello with a central lozenge within a double linear border, surrounded by stylised foliate scrolls in the corners. The shoulders are decorated with incised geometric motifs extending towards the plain lower section of the hoop. Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 6.4g Provenance: From a private UK collection; earlier purchased on the London art market in the 1990s.

Estimate:£200

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