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LOT 1941
Medieval Bronze Ring with Bird
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.01 grams, 21.78 mm overall, 17.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
With a slender D-section hoop, bezel with a ropework border and intaglio motif of a bird in flight. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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