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]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. for the type Stanojev, N., Nekropolen aus dem 10.-15.Jahrhundert in der Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 1989, fig.510.

Footnotes

A 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1840