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LOT 1876
Medieval Silver Ring with Lion
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.65 grams, 20.16 mm overall, 17.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
With disc bezel, incuse lion passant motif. [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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