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LOT 1770
Medieval Bronze Ring with Stylised Bird
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.78 grams, 24.14 mm overall, 19.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
Ellipsoid bezel with incuse motif of a bird with wings spread. [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.
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