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LOT 1900
Medieval Bronze Ring with Horseman
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.78 grams, 22.61 mm overall, 18.13 x 17.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
Comprising a wide hoop and an oval bezel with a stylised horse and rider figure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Đurović, I., Средњовековни накит из збирки Народног музеја Крагујевац (Medieval jewelry from the collections of the National Museum Kragujevac, in Serbian), Крагујевац, 2012, fig.63, for the type.
FootnotesIn these rings, dated 12th-13th century A.D., the semicircular cross-section link on the front side transitions into an elongated and flattened, elliptical head. The carved decoration on the bezel is very rough, borrowing themes from the myth of the Thracian hero, still diffused in the medieval Balkans.
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