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LOT 0330
Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.87 grams, 27.93 mm overall, 18.17x20.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
Round-section hoop supporting a cruciform segmented bezel with inset glass(?) cabochon.
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the German art market.
Ex Cumberland Coin Fair, London, UK, in the 1980s.
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 570, for a less elaborate example of the type.
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