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LOT 2120
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Hexagonal Bezel
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (6.23 grams, 22.31 mm overall, 16.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
Comprising a broad hoop with pad to the underside, hexagonal bezel with lateral notched flange, incised geometric pattern. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 610, for type.
FootnotesThe pattern has the appearance of a highly ornate capital 'B' in a frame.
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