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LOT 1799
Medieval Silver Ring with Lozenge-shaped Bezel
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.29 grams, 21.21 mm overall, 18.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
With D-section hoop, shoulders with quatrefoil motif, scaphoid bezel with hatched border, spiral scrolls and four granule turrets. [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 626, for type.
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