Title: Seal Ring with Tall Bezel
Location: Iran
Materials: gold sheet over core; set with almandine garnet cabochon
Dimensions: 4.9 x 1.95cm
Accession Number: JLY 236
Other Notes:
The bezel is inscribed ‘Abdallah ibn Ahmad, in reversed decorative Kufic script.
Bibliography:
M. Wenzel, Ornament and Amulet. Rings of the Islamic Lands, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume XVI, London 1993, cat.180, pp.64–5 and 214.
J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.81, pp.84–5.
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