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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]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

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.

Footnotes

The 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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1832

Medieval Bronze Ring with Warrior

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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