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LOT 1950
Medieval Bronze Ring with Flower
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.04 grams, 24.54 mm overall, 19.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
With lateral spur to each scooped shoulder, disc bezel with low-relief rosette. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Found UK. Property of a Worlingworth, Suffolk, UK, private collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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