Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Property from a European Private Collection (Lots 1-5)
Auction Closed
July 2, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection (Lots 1-5)
BYZANTINE, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY
RING
gold, decorated with granular beadwork, and set with glass
3cm., 1 3/16 in. overall
ring size: M 1/2
Adolphe (1871-1949) and Suzanne Stoclet, Brussels;
thence by descent;
private European collection
Compare the bezel with that of two rings in the Koch Collection catalogued as Byzantine, late 5th/6th century (Chadour, op. cit.). For a hoop with stylistically parallel granular beadwork decoration, note nos. 873 and 874 in the Guilhou collection (op. cit.), ascribed also to the Byzantine empire, 5th/6th century.
RELATED LITERATURE
Catalogue of a collection of Ancient Rings formed by the late E. Guilhou, Paris 1912, reprint; A. B. Chadour, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Leeds, 1994, vol. 1, nos. 484 and 485