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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird
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LOT 0980

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (2.74 grams, 21.40 mm overall, 18.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).

With flared shoulders and octagonal plaque, incuse bird with wings spread in a naive linear style. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 492.

CONDITION
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LOT 0980

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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