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Ruth Garrido Vila

RING

Merovingian

6th - 8th Century A.D.

Material: Iron

Dimensions: Ø 19 mm; Height: 23 mm; Weight: 4.45 g

Condition: In good condition

Simple hoop ring with oval seal decorated with a monogram.  


PUBLISHED:

 “El Legado de Hefesto - Hephaestus Legacy.  A memorial to a private collection of ancient rings and glyptics.” 2012. THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF RINGS, ENTAILS AND CAMAFEOS IN SPAIN. 

Provenance: Collection of R.G.W. Catalonia. Formed by the grandfather of the previous owner since the 1930s. This collection treasured more than two thousand intaglios, rings and cameos from the most remote antiquity to the 18th century.
IMPORTANT:

-->  You can buy a catalogue of the complete collection in this auction. More than 700 items with photo. A reference book. Edited on 2012, 270 pages, Spanish and English texts. <--

ABOUT THE COLLECTION:

Over eighty years ago a German businessman who had settled in Barcelona decided to start collecting diverse archeological objects, focusing on those used by men and women to decorate their bodies. Perhaps he did this by chance, or perhaps he was carried along on the wave of a fashion along with others from the enlightened classes who, from the 17th Century on, devoted themselves to collecting antique and exotic objects, often picked up on voyages to faraway lands. These would then form part of cabinets full of curiosities, or of great collections which, together with the collections of kings and noblemen, would become what are today the greatest art museums in the world.
Years later, the grandson, following in the steps of the grandfather who had already collected more than one hundred and fifty rings, intaglios and cameos, widened and improved this collection – which he  rescued from a display case in some corner of the family home -  until it was twenty times its original size. In this collection of more than two thousand rings, intaglios and cameos, we can find pieces representative of all the cultures that flourished around the Mediterranean: work from the 6th Millennium B.C. in the Middle East, from Ancient Egypt, from Greece, pieces produced by the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, marvellous examples from a wide range of cultures from pre-Roman Europe along with a great quantity from the most magnificent era of the Roman Empire, examples from the Byzantine Empire and Medieval Europe, a selection from the Islamic world and finally, a small number of pieces from the Renaissance to the 19th Century.
Today the Gallery J. Bagot Arqueología – Ancient Art takes pleasure in presenting this impressive collection to historians, lovers of art and collectors through the exhibition and publication of a selection of the pieces of highest quality. More than eight hundred rings, intaglios and cameos now reappear to transmit the same enthusiasm that the collector felt as he acquired one by one these little works.

NOTES:

- The piece includes authenticity certificate.
- The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union).
- According to Spanish legislation, items sent outside the European Union are subject to export taxes and will be added to the invoice, at the buyer's expense. These export fees are fixed on the final auction price and the tax rate is not applied directly on the total value of the item to be exported, but rather the different percentages by sections are applied to it:
      - Up to 6,000 euros: 5%.
      - From 6.001 to 60.000 euros: 10%.
This export permit application process can take between 1-2 months maximum.
- The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.


6th - 8th Century A.D.

Merovingian Silver ring with oval seal decorated with a monogram.  6th - 8th Century A.D.

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