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LOT 1790
Medieval Bronze Ring with Stylised Animal
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.65 grams, 22.80 mm overall, 19.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Comprising a slender shank and stepped shoulders, rectangular bezel with incised zoomorphic motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596, for type.
FootnotesThe motif may be intended for the agnus dei.
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