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LOT 1760
Medieval Bronze Ring with Ring-and-Dot Design
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (7.29 grams, 22.53 mm overall, 19.02 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Keeled hoop with expanding shoulders, oval bezel with deeply punched ring-and-dot motifs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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