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LOT 1879
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
MEDIEVAL SILVER RING WITH WARRIOR SPEARING A SNAKE
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.65 grams, 23.75 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.65 grams, 23.75 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With scooped shoulders and discoid bezel, incuse design of a warrior with sword and spear fighting a sinuous serpent; St. George and the Dragon motif. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 617, for type.
