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LOT 0345
Large Medieval Gold Glove Ring with Cabochon
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (7.98 grams, 33.09 mm overall, 23.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+3, USA 13 3/4, Europe 32.57, Japan 31)).
Flat-section hoop with applied cell formed as a cushion with four radiating knops on the shoulder, open top revealing inset irregular polished garnet.
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market in the 1990s.
UK collection of a European gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 567, for a more ornate example of the type.
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