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LOT 2293
Eastern European Bronze Ring Collection
CIRCA 11TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 in. (43.8 grams total, 20-28 mm).
Comprising seven rings, including one with a glass insert, one with a ring-and-dot decoration, and others. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Đurović, I., Medieval Jewellery from the collection of the National Museum of Kregujevac, 2012, figs.60,66,68, for similar rings.
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LOT 2293
Eastern European Bronze Ring Collection
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Figure of Christ
Circa 16th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Squat in profile with pierced bulb above the discoid base, incuse nimbate bust to underside; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 19.2 grams, 21 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Very Large Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix of Augustus of Lincoln
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
With pierced trefoil finial; motif with central tondo and frond motif, inner ring with Lombardic script legend '[..]etra' and outer ring with 'S' Augutus Lincolnie' (seal of Augustus of Lincoln'); supplied with an impression. 33.1 grams, 37.6 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
'Augutus' is a copying error for 'Augustus' -
Medieval Bronze Purse Bar
Circa 15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thick transverse bar with a swivel mount with a large loop above, traces of inscription on the bar. 50.4 grams, 76 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
