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LOT 1558
Medieval Bronze Ring with Cross
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.28 grams, 24.15 mm overall, 18.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
The angled hoop with slightly expanded shoulders with facets, six-sided bezel engraved with a central cross within a lozengiform plaque, dashes populating the outer quarters. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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