Lot 115
115
A VERY UNUSUAL MEDIAEVAL GOLD RING, the oblong bezel with sloping sides engraved with scrolls and acanthus foliage around a central cabochon garnet, the shoulders engraved with dotted chevron ornament and with a notched rib at the junction of the bezel and plain hoop, 12th Century

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A VERY UNUSUAL MEDIAEVAL GOLD RING, the oblong bezel with sloping sides engraved with scrolls and acanthus foliage around a central cabochon garnet, the shoulders engraved with dotted chevron ornament and with a notched rib at the junction of the bezel and plain hoop, 12th Century
INDENTFinger size L
Provenance
INDENTExcavated at Ditchingham near Bungay Castle

Lot Essay

INDENTCf. A. Ward, J. Cherry, C. Gere, B. Cartlidge, The Ring (1981) no. 111 for a ring from the 12th Century Lark Hill Hoard with similar bezel and ribs

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