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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1594

Medieval Bronze Ring with Scrolls

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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