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LOT 0337
Large Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring with Lion Intaglio
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.96 grams, 31.53 mm overall, 19.51x23.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.40, Japan 23)).
With a broad hoop, each shoulder decorated with a pointillé geometric motif, octagonal-section domed bezel with segmented upper and corrugated sidewall; inset nicolo with advancing lion motif. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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