Bertolami Fine Art - Bertolami Fine Art, 1 Harewood Place 1, W1S 1BU Londra
ASTA 107 - Glittica Sessione Unica
Friday 22 April 2022 hours 15:00 (UTC +00:00)
A Fatimid gold filigree gold ring (Egypt or Syria). Two sandals. 10th - 11th century A.D.
A Fatimid gold filigree gold ring (Egypt or Syria). Two sandals.
10th - 11th century A.D.
Hoop composed of two trick beaded rods soldered side by side. The table modeled as two sandals with plaided laces. Gold sandals were found in the tub of the three foreign rives of Pharaoh Thutmosis III.
Reference: St Elie (de) Anastase Marie, « le culte rendu par les musulmans aux sandales de Mahomet », in Anthropos 5, 1910, pp.363-366.
Bezel 6 x 10 mm; ring size diam. 13 mm circa; 1,43 gr.