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LOT 1933
Medieval Bronze Ring with Mother Goddess
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.12 grams, 24.84 mm overall, 20.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Comprising an expanding D-section hoop and an oval bezel with a stylised female figure with long curving arms. [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 bezel. The carved decoration on the bezel is very rough, borrowing themes from the Celtic Age.
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