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LOT 1824
Medieval Bronze Ring with Holy Rider St. Michael
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.22 grams, 24.36 mm overall, 17.56 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
With trumpet-shaped bezel, incuse figure of a horseman brandishing his sword, possibly St. Michael. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 643, for type.
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