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LOT 1505

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,260

MEDIEVAL GOLD BISHOP'S RING WITH DOLPHIN SUPPORTERS
14TH-15TH CENTURY AD
1 1/2" (19 grams, 38 mm overall, 19.96 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).

A substantial finger ring comprising a stepped bezel and hoop of two dolphins; the bezel with three tiered steps and beaded wire trim, surmounted by a conical green stone cabochon, probably an Egyptian emerald; to the underside two hinge bars attached to the hoop formed as two dolphins, the tails flanking an elliptical cabochon garnet.

PROVENANCE:
UK art market, acquired prior to 1980.

CONDITION