Bidspirit auction | EARLY ISLAMIC SILVER AND NIELLO

EARLY ISLAMIC SILVER AND NIELLO RING - Ca. 8th - 10th century AD. A silver finger ring with a D-section hoop rising to openwork shoulders, the exterior with nielloed foliate scrolls. The high hexagonal box bezel has chamfered sides; the face is framed by a double niello border and arranged with a central plain cartouche and six trapezoidal hatched fields.Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 9gProvenance: Private UK Collection.