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LOT 0380
Post Medieval Signet Ring with a Galloping Stag
GERMANY, MID-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.99 grams, 23.27 mm overall, 18.43 x 19.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Comprising a thick D-section hoop with facetted shoulders, an octagonal bezel with a deeply engraved image of a galloping stag on a baseline.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
UK, private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13506-263461.
Cf. a similar ring in Chadour A.B., Rings. The Alice and Luis Koch Collection, Part I, Leeds 1994, item 795, for the type.
FootnotesThe ring's style indicates a 17th-century origin, reflecting the period's fascination with equine motifs in Germany following the publication of Georg Engelhard von Löhneysen’s pioneering equestrian treatise, Die neu eröffnete Hof-, Kriegs- und Reitschul.
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LOT 0380
Post Medieval Signet Ring with a Galloping Stag
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£2,500 (EUR 2,900; USD 3,375) +BP*
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