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LOT 2071
Gold Ring with Carnelian Gemstone
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 in. (5.77 grams, 25.68 mm overall, 21.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Composed of a slender, decoratively notched round-section hoop, oval bezel adorned with granules and set with a polished carnelian gemstone. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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