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LOT 1497
Post Medieval Ring with Bow and Arrow
1226 H. (1811 A.D.)
1 in. (8.88 grams, 24.70 mm overall, 21.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)).
A copper-alloy ring composed of a broad hoop with slightly convex outer face, large oval-shaped bezel engraved with an archer's bow with nocked arrow, separating the numbers '12 / 26' and aimed towards the letters 'KΛTΛ'. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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