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LOT 1609
Medieval Bronze Ring with Facing Couple
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.75 grams, 25.72 mm overall, 21.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.2, Japan 27)).
Octagonal bezel with male and female figures flanking a central spear, geometric panels to the shoulders. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596, for type.
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