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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]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 650, for type.
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