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Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Centaur Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Centaur Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Centaur
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LOT 2056

Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Centaur

16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (10.65 grams, 24.21 mm overall, 19.57 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).

The hoop expanding at the shoulders to an octagonal bezel, engraved with a centaur advancing right, looking left, holding a branch, within a linear border. [No Reserve]

Provenance

London art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

CONDITION
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LOT 2056

Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Centaur

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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