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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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