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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1879