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LOT 2128
Gold Ring with 'Rose-Cut' Diamond
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.96 grams, 26.47 mm overall, 16.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
With dentilled edges to the bifid shoulders and fusiform spurs above, lateral bars supporting a tall square-section openwork bezel with inset rose-cut diamond; indistinct maker's mark.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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