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LOT 1025
Byzantine Bronze Archer's Thumb Ring
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.59 grams, 27.27 mm overall, 21.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X 1/2, USA 11 3/4, Europe 26.92, Japan 25)).
Comprising a tapering hoop and triangular plaque, three bands of incised ornament.
Provenance
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
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