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LOT 1820
Medieval Silver Ring with Bird
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.26 grams, 21.09 mm overall, 18.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
With discoid bezel, incised border enclosing a perching regardant bird with wings spread. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 622, for type.
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