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LOT 0724
Romano-Celtic Bronze Ring with Tree of Life
1ST CENTURY B.C.- 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.62 grams, 26.22 mm overall, 19.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Slender D-section hoop with large discoid bezel with incuse tree of life motif. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Henkel, F., Die Romische Fingerringe der Rheinlande, Berlin, 1913, items 1003-1006, pl.XXXIX, for the type.
Footnotes
The ring belongs to the category where the bezel and the ring’s platform merge together, forming a round plate. The round bezel is often decorated with an animal figure, but in this specimen, it is ornamented with the Celtic pattern of the Tree of Life.
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