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LOT 1671
Medieval Bronze Ring with Griffin
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.61 grams, 21.99 mm overall, 18.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
Trumpet bezel with griffin passant and tail raised. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 584.
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