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LOT 1323
Late Medieval Silver Ring with Star of David
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.25 grams, 23.41 mm overall, 19.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Square bezel with hatched panels and central incised six-pointed star.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market around 2000.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 585, for type.
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