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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]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596.
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