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LOT 0305
Medieval Gold Ring with Emerald Cabochon
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.25 grams, 19.54 mm overall, 14.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
A slender gold finger ring with inset emerald cabochon to the bezel.
Provenance
Acquired on the French art market.
English private collection.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 565, for type.
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