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LOT 0744
Byzantine Bronze Signet Ring with Niello Cross
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.04 grams, 22.85 mm overall, 17.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
With a D-section hoop, keeled shoulders supporting a lentoid bezel; the bezel with a niello border and a radiating cross motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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