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LOT 1614
Medieval Bronze Ring with Olive Branch
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.86 grams, 24.84 mm overall, 22.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24)).
Composed of a roughly flat-section hoop with expanded shoulders and stepped oval bezel engraved with a stylised olive branch, flanking shallow zigzags. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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