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LOT 1832
Medieval Bronze Ring with Warrior
11TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (2.25 grams, 17.79 mm overall, 14.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
An interphalangeal ring with a discoid bezel showing a stylised image of a warrior. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Đurović, I., Средњовековни накит из збирки Народног музеја Крагујевац (Medieval jewelry from the collections of the National Museum Kragujevac, in Serbian), Крагујевац, 2012, fig.60, for the type.
FootnotesThe oval hoop, in this category of rings, gradually widens into a full shoulder and massive flattened bezel. The bezel is ellipsoidal, decorated with stylised images, most probably of military saints, who were asked for protection and blessing.
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