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LOT 1689
Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 7/8 in. (18.54 grams total, 18-23 mm).
Comprising: four rings with decorative bezels; a ring with a keeled faux-twist hoop; a ring-type thimble with pointillé decoration. [6, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. for a medieval type Stanojev, N., Nekropolen aus dem 10.-15.Jahrhundert in der Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 1989, figs.539-540.
Footnotes
Similar cast bronze rings were found in the Necropolis of Ruski Krstur, and dated 10th-15th century A.D.
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