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Lot n° 526

Collection of finger rings and gems. Among them...

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Collection of finger rings and gems. Among them a Byzantine ring made of gilded bronze with engraved bull's head (ring size 58), a Parthian silver ring with red carnelian bust on it (ring size 55), a carnelian bust with scorpion after Roman model (ø 1,1cm), two Sassanidian gems, one made of carnelian with lying stag (ø 1,2cm) and one made of chalcedony with hare (L 2,3cm), four modern carnelian gems with Islamic inscriptions (L 1,5cm to 2,2cm) and one modern gem made of green-grey stone with fish (L 1,4cm). 10 pieces! From the North German private collection B. H., acquired from the 1980s until 2014.