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LOT 1431
Post Medieval Gold Ring with Gemstone
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 in. (5.02 grams, 25.02 mm overall, 20.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
A gold finger ring with openwork and granulation to the shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with inset jasper cloison, intaglio profile male bust wearing a wreath.
Provenance
Ex private Swiss collection.
English private collection.
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