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LOT 2194
Stuart Period Bronze Ring with Cross and Bosses
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (13.22 grams, 31.00 mm overall, 18.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
Flat-section hoop with integral filigree meander, drum-shaped bezel with dentilled rim, raised beaded cross, lateraldiscs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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