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LOT 1704
Medieval Bronze Ring with Hunting Scene
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.45 grams, 24.67 mm overall, 21.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)).
The hoop with chamfered edges, expanding at the shoulders to an octagonal bezel engraved with a hunting scene: a stag bounding right, pursued by a standing figure holding what is likely a crossbow or a gun. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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