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LOT 0287
Western Asiatic Gold Ring with Lion
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.19 grams, 20.66 mm overall, 16.79 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
Slender hoop with ellipsoid plaque, die-struck image of a couchant lion with pelletted detailing.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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