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Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet
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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.

Provenance

Acquired 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.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 562, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0333

Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300

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