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LOT 1393
Medieval Ring with Building
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.23 grams, 25.30 mm overall, 21.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
A copper-alloy ring composed of a slender hoop with shaped shoulders, the discoid bezel engraved with a single cell building with pitched roof, a winged figure or animal standing within, with simple geometric forms to the shoulders. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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