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LOT 1902
Medieval Silver Ring with Lozenge-shaped Bezel
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.35 grams, 22.18 mm overall, 18.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With carinated hoop, hatching to the shoulders, scaphoid bezel with hatched border, spiral scrolls and four granule turrets. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 626, for type.
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