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LOT 0229
Byzantine Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (5.28 grams, 29.68 mm overall, 20.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Flared cell with corrugated rim, inset garnet cabochon, the round-section hoop with granulated collar at each junction, possibly added later.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 470, 482, 497, for earlier examples of the type, 566, for a medieval example.
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LOT 0229
Byzantine Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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