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LOT 1704
Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 1/8 in. (31.8 grams total, 14-28 mm).
Comprising five rings with decorative bezels and one small faux-twist ring. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. for some of these rings Цуњак, М., Марковић-Николић, Љ., Античке и средњовековне некрополе Смедерева (Ancient and Medieval Necropolises of Smederevo, in Serbian), Смедерево, 1997, p.91, for the type of ring.
FootnotesThe collection includes possible signet rings that find their parallels with artefacts from Eastern Europe, especially in the area of Smederevo. A 15th A.D. date, for some of them, can be proposed on the basis of parallels from the Balkans.
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Celtic Enamelled Bronze Chariot Lynch Pin Terminal
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Square-section shank with flange and tapering bulb, disc finial with reserved comma-trumpet design and red enamelled field. 64.8 grams, 54 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. -
British Celtic Bronze Ring with Concentric Design
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Flat-section hoop and a discoid bezel with a low-relief concentric circle motif, a raised pellet at the centre. 2.25 grams, 21.70 mm overall, 17.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)
Found Norfolk, UK. Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Similar types of Celto-Roman bronze rings were found in the Thames in spoil heaps dating to the 1st century A.D. The most prolific finger rings in use throughout the Roman occupation were in bronze, and some forms were borrowed from Celtic arts and patterns. -
Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Group
1st century B.C.-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: an openwork ring with spirals; three rings with decorated bezels; a ring with a round-section hoop and a lozenge-shaped bezel flanked by raised bosses; a ring with a notched hoop and a raised bezel. 25.04 grams total, 16-27mm
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Similar rings with with loop and braided wire were found in the Necropolis of Banatsko Arandelovo, Vojvodina, and dated 10th-15th century A.D.
