MEDIEVAL SILVER AND NIELLO RING WITH PATTERNS
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Ca. 1000-1200 AD. Eastern Viking. A silver ring with a lozenge-shaped bezel engraved with runic symbols and niello decoration. The circular band and flared shoulders are also embellished with engravings in various geometrical shapes (lozenge, triangle) and niello inlay decoration. Good condition. For more information on rings with niello inlay, see Considine, B. B., Scott, D.A. & Podany, J. (eds.) (1994). Ancient & Historic Metals - Conservation and Scientific Research: Proceedings of a Symposium Organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Conservation Institute, November 1991. Getty Conservation Institute, 177ff. Size: D: 19.1mm / US: 9 1/8 / UK: S; 10.3g. Provenance: From an old British collection formed in the 1990s; previously acquired in Germany.
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MEDIEVAL SILVER AND NIELLO RING WITH PATTERNS
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