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LOT 2019
Mixed Silver Ring Collection
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (55 grams total, 21-33 mm).
Comprising: a ring set with a stone, gold inlay surrounding the bezel, applied letters S and P on the shoulders; ring with a crouching ibex; a ring with large discoid bezel bearing a cross and letters 'HT'; flat-section ring with low-relief eye motifs on the upper face; a substantial ring with a bull-head bezel; ring with segmented hoop, each rectangular segment with a decorative motif, bezel with a standing figure flanked by two animals. [6, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an East Anglia, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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