Ancient gold finger rings are the headline-makers for Les Enluminures at TEFAF New York Fall. The specialist dealer in manuscripts and jewellery, with bases in Paris and the US, is launching a special catalogue and exhibition titled Gold Marvels of Byzantium: A Millennium of Finger Rings. It features 18 rings spanning the 3rd-13th centuries.
Starting at the beginning of the Byzantine Empire and going through to the last Palaeologan dynasty, they have been themed into four categories: Constantine and Christianity; the Virgin and Saints; Marriage; and the Imperial Court and its power.