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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]
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 584.
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