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LOT 2398
Post Medieval Bronze Skull Ring
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.44 grams, 22.68 mm overall, 18.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
Slender hoop formed as a pair of long bones with a snake curled around the shafts at the shoulders, the bezel a skull with recessed eye sockets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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