MEDIEVAL SILVER AND NIELLO RING WITH GEOMETRIC CROSS Ca. AD 1100 - 1300. A silver ring with a flat, diamond-shaped bezel decorated with a geometric cross composed of four triangular fields enclosed within an incised border and divided by intersecting dotted lines. Each triangular field is filled with petal-shaped niello inlay arranged symmetrically around the central axis, while the shoulders bear niello-filled lozenges framed by incised lines. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 578. Size: D:18.95mm / US: 9 / UK: R 1/2; Weight: 5.93g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.