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LOT 2082
Post Medieval Silver Ring with Chi Rho
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.48 grams, 23.68 mm overall, 18.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With ellipsoid bezel, incuse Christogram comprising a monogram of chi, rho, alpha, and omega.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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