MEDIEVAL BRONZE RING DEPICTING A FLOWER

Ca. AD 900 - 1300 A Medieval bronze ring featuring a round hoop with a D section that transitions smoothly into a flat bezel. The bezel is decorated with a flower of life with six petals around a cross in the centre. The space between the petals is filled with diagonal lines in the style of horror vacui. The shoulders of the hoop are adorned with a geometric motif of diagonal lines. For similar see: El Legado de Hefesto, n. 594.
Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 4.9g
Provenance: Property of London gallery, acquired on the Austrian art market.

Estimate: GBP 75 - 150