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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]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 492.
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