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LOT 0333
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.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the 1990s.
UK collection of a European gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 562, for type.
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