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LOT 1748
Medieval Bronze Ring with Foliage
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.71 grams, 18.50 mm overall, 16.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
The slender hoop expanding to carinated shoulders, elliptical bezel engraved with stylised foliage. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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