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LOT 1594
Medieval Bronze Ring with Scrolls
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.52 grams, 25.20 mm overall, 20.79 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
With bands and hatching to the shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with scroll motifs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 650, for type.
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