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LOT 1840
Medieval Bronze Ring with Bird
10TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.56 grams, 21.10 mm overall, 17.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
With a slender hoop expanding towards the bezel with a stylised bird. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. for the type Stanojev, N., Nekropolen aus dem 10.-15.Jahrhundert in der Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 1989, fig.510.
FootnotesA similar cast bronze ring with the image of a stylised horse was found in the Necropolis of Zabran, Zemun, and dated 10th-15th century A.D. These rings were often decorated with stylised animals.
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