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Collections

Signet Ring15th-16th century

Not on view
Silver signet ring with wide flat bezel engraved with Arabic script in two registers, ribbed shoulders, and a tapered band with incised decoration
Silver signet ring with an oval bezel engraved with Arabic script, mounted on a ribbed band with a granulated or striated texture.

Unknown, Signet Ring, 15th-16th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Signet Ring
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
15th-16th century
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 1 in. (3.18 x 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.336
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Berzock, Kathleen Bickford, ed. Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa. Evanston, Illinois: Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University; Princeton, NJ: In association with Princeton University Press, 2019.