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LOT 1123
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Saint and Crosses
CIRCA 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.34 grams, 25.59 mm overall, 17.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
With D-section hoop, ellipsoidal bezel, intaglio facing nimbate figure holding a cross in each hand, possibly depicting Saint John the Baptist. [No Reserve]
Provenance
German collection before 2000.
Collection of Mr D.H. formed in UK, from the EU art market.
Ex property of a Surrey gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 525, for type.
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