Bactrian Gold Love Ring with Turquoise Hearts

LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

3/4 in. (3.40 grams, 20.99 mm overall, 14.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)).

Composed of a gold centre with expanding bezel, central oval turquoise cabochon flanked by heart-shaped stones, all with gold settings against a horn or lignum vitae field. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Swiss art market, 1996.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings: The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Volume II, Leeds, England, 1994, p.451, item 1453, for broad type.

CONDITION

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