16TH CENTURY BRONZE UKRANIAN RING WITH ONION DOME BEZEL DESIGN c.a. 1590's A.D.

A rare and fully wearable early Ukranian Christian Ring, it has a Onion Dome bezel. 

The onion domes first appeared during the reign of Ivan the Terrible (r. 1533–1584). The domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral have not been altered since the reign of Ivan's son Fyodor 1st (r. 1584–1598), indicating the presence of onion domes in the sixteenth-century.

It has a solid thick round band tarnished so possibly bronze. A really solid/strong ancient ring with ornate Onion Dome Bezel.

Background History

Some scholars postulate that the Orthodox Church borrowed onion domes from Muslim countries, possibly from the Khanate of Kazan, whose conquest in 1552.

Ivan the Terrible commemorated by erecting St. Basil's Cathedral. Eight of the nine domes featured on St. Basil's Cathedral represent each attack on Kazan. The ninth dome was constructed 36 years after the siege of Kazan as a tomb for Ivan. The ornate finishes of these domes are bright in colour and bold in shape as they are adorned with pyramids and stripes, and many other patterns seen on other cathedrals than Basil's.

Provenance

From a private Netherlands collection; previously in an old collection since before 1980.

This ring is a small sized and probably worn by a pilgrim 

UK size F and USA size 2 3/4 approx.

30.04 mm band to the top of the bezel.

Condition: Excellent collectable condition with nice patina..

A beautiful Ring ring that would complement any collection.

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