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LOT 2020
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Clasped Hands
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.73 grams, 22.35 mm overall, 18.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
D-section hoop with bezel formed as two clasped hands, the mani-in-fede motif. [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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