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LOT 1879
Medieval Silver Ring with Warrior Spearing a Snake
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.65 grams, 23.75 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With scooped shoulders and discoid bezel, incuse design of a warrior with sword and spear fighting a sinuous serpent; St. George and the Dragon motif. [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 617, for type.
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