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SASANIAN GOLD RING WITH RED GARNET INTAGLIO OF A BIRD.
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SASANIAN GOLD RING WITH RED GARNET INTAGLIO OF A BIRD.
Estimate £450 - £900
Voluntary lot
Description
SASANIAN GOLD RING WITH RED GARNET INTAGLIO OF A BIRD.
Ca. AD 600.
A gold ring with a slender circular hoop and an oval bezel set with a red garnet intaglio engraved with a bird in profile.
For similar see: C. J. Brunner, Sasanian Stamp Seals in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 110.
Size: D:16.31mm / US: 5 3/4 / UK: L; Weight: 1.4g
Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr. Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery. A significant number of objects from this collection were also published in a professional catalogue.
About the sale
FINE ANCIENT JEWELLERY AND BEADS - THE PRINCE COLLECTION
Auction location
Auction time
06/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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