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LOT 0577

Medieval Gold Ring with Star Sapphire

12TH-13TH CENTURY AD

1 1/4" (8.96 grams, 31mm overall, 19.38mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).

A gold finger ring comprising a round-section hoop, ellipsoid pie-dish bezel with claw setting, inset star sapphire cabochon.

Provenance

Property of a central London collector; acquired from a large private collection formed in the 1980s; supplied with geologic report No. TL005232, by geologic consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz

Literature

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

CONDITION

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LOT 0577

Medieval Gold Ring with Star Sapphire

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,250

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