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LOT 1659
Medieval Bronze Ring with Star Motif
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (7.37 grams, 22.35 mm overall, 14.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
With discoid rosette plaque, four-pointed star reserved against a hatched field. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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