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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]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 654, for type.
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