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LOT 1848
Medieval Silver Ring with Warrior
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.71 grams, 22.10 mm overall, 18.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
With discoid bezel, incised border, incuse standing warrior with helmet, spear and shield. [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 607, for type.
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