Description A LAPIS LAZULI INTAGLIO INSET PERSIAN SILVER RINGPersia, 19th century. The silver ring with filigree decorations and gold dots. Inset with a rectangular lapis lazuli cabochon incised with a Farsi inscription.Condition: Very good condition with traces of wear commensurate with age. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 39.97 gDimensions: Inner diameter 2.1 cm