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LOT 2032
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Bird
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.18 grams, 22.86 mm overall, 19.04 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Rectangular bezel with stylised bird above foliage within a border, geometric detailing to the shoulders. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 654, for type.
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