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LOT 1822
Medieval Bronze Ring with Standing Knight
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.69 grams, 20.68 mm overall, 17.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Octagonal bezel with incuse standing figure in surcoat and helm. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596, for type.
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