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LOT 1725
Norman Period Bronze Ring with Dragon Walking Right
CIRCA 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.27 grams, 21.68 mm overall, 19.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
The slender hoop with slightly expanded shoulders, sub-rectangular bezel engraved with a stylised standing dragon. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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