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LOT 1134
Byzantine Period Bronze Decorated Archer's Ring
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (9.14 grams, 34.97 mm overall, 21.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X 1/2, USA 11 3/4, Europe 26.92, Japan 25)).
Comprising a hoop with scrolled ornament on the carinated edge and triangular plaque with foliage motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Bikic, V., Beyond the Jewellery: Archer’s Rings in the Medieval Balkans (14th-15th centuries) in Bosselmann-Ruickbie, A. (ed.), New Research on Late Byzantine Goldsmiths’ Works (13th-15th Centuries), Mainz, 2019, figs.5, 6, 7.
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