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LOT 1803
Medieval Silver Ring with Bird
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.38 grams, 22.30 mm overall, 19.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With chamfered shoulders, octagonal bezel, meander border enclosing a perching 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 596, for type.
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