13th-14th century AD. A gold finger ring comprising a lentoid-section hoop and pie-dish bezel, triangular in plan with inset glass cabochon. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 561, 562. 7.83 grams, 30.50mm overall, 19.83mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15) (1 1/4"). Property of a European jewellery collector; formerly in a French collection, 1980s-1990s; accompanied an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.163891/7/10/2020; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10230-163891. [a video of this item will be available on Timeline Auctions website]