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LOT 0385
Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet
14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.59 grams, 27.40 mm overall, 18.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
With round-section hoop and inverted pyramidal cell, inset garnet cabochon.
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market in the 1990s.
UK collection of a European gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 562, for type.
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LOT 0385
Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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