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LOT 1798
Medieval Silver Ring with Horse
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.65 grams, 22.41 mm overall, 18.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With octagonal bezel, incised border enclosing a prancing horse with tendrils. [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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