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LOT 1877
Eastern Medieval Ring with Figure
15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.82 grams, 24.83 mm overall, 20.18 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
Comprising a slender hoop and a lentoid-shaped bezel with an incuse nude figure, standing with the weight on one leg and resting the bent elbow on the raised leg. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Цуњак, М., Марковић-Николић, Љ., Античке и средњовековне некрополе Смедерева, (Ancient and Medieval Necropolises of Smederevo, in Serbian) Смедерево, 1997, pp.89-90, for similar rings.
Footnotes
These kind of rings, possibly used as signet rings, find their parallels with artefacts from Eastern Europe, especially in the area of Smederevo. Comparison elements support a date of the 15th century A.D.
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