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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saints Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saints Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saints
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LOT 1108

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saints

11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (5.20 grams, 19.41 mm overall, 16.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).

Comprising an expanding hoop and a rectangular bezel with two nimbate figures holding weapons; hoop split. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Đurović, I., Средњовековни накит из збирки Народног музеја Крагујевац (Medieval jewelry from the collections of the National Museum Kragujevac, in Serbian), Крагујевац, 2012, fig.54, for the type.

Footnotes

This Western Balkan category of rings gradually widens towards the rectangular bezel, which is slightly raised above the ring and flattened. The bezel is decorated with stylised images, often military saints, who were asked for protection and blessing.

CONDITION
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LOT 1108

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saints

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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