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LOT 0332
Medieval Gold Ring with Crystal Cabochon
14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.62 grams, 21.13 mm overall, 15.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).
Round-section hoop supporting a conical cell with inset rock crystal 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 570, for type.
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