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LOT 1347
Medieval Ring with Beast Facing Back
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.66 grams, 21.44 mm overall, 16.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
A copper-alloy ring composed of a slender hoop (now slightly misshaped), expanding at the shoulders to an oval bezel engraved with a stylised regardant beast within a dashed frame. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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