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LOT 1962

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]

Provenance

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596, for type.

Footnotes

The motif may be intended for the agnus dei.

CONDITION
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LOT 1962

Medieval Bronze Ring with Stylised Animal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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