Beschreibung:

ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHIC INTAGLIO IN GOLD RING 12th-13th century AD A garnet cloison intaglio with calligraphic text, possibly the personal name of the owner, set into a later flat-section gold hoop with scroll detailing and applied filigree; flared shoulders supporting a rectangular plaque with incised guilloche border. 7.99 grams, 27mm overall, 20.02mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.83, Japan 22) (1"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of North West London gentleman; acquired from a London collector in the late 1990s; previously in a private collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Literature Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 536 for type.