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LOT 0386

Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet

15TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (4.79 grams, 26.41 mm overall, 18.45 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).

Comprising a slender D-section hoop with balustered shoulders, ellipsoid cell with 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 676, for type.

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LOT 0386

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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