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LOT 1693
Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Group
1ST CENTURY B.C.-16TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 in. (25.04 grams total, 16-27mm).
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. [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 some of the medieval type rings Stanojev, N., Nekropolen aus dem 10.-15.Jahrhundert in der Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 1989, figs.28.
Footnotes
Similar rings with with loop and braided wire were found in the Necropolis of Banatsko Arandelovo, Vojvodina, and dated 10th-15th century A.D.
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