- 5
Probably Merovingian, 6th/ 7th century
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Sold
2,500 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Ring
- gold, set with a glass paste imitating nicolo
- 22mm., 7/8 in. overall
inside diameter: 18mm., 11/16 in.
ring size: K½
Provenance
Private collection, Spain;
with J. Bagot Arqueologia, Barcelona, 2012;
private collection, Belgium, acquired in Belgium
with J. Bagot Arqueologia, Barcelona, 2012;
private collection, Belgium, acquired in Belgium
Literature
El Legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, J. Bagot Arqueologia, Barcelona, 2012, no. 558
Catalogue Note
RELATED LITERATURE
O.M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Finger Rings in the Franks Bequest, cat. British Museum, London, 1912, nos. 166 and 173
O.M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Finger Rings in the Franks Bequest, cat. British Museum, London, 1912, nos. 166 and 173