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LOT 1458
Post Medieval Gold Ring with Mercury Gemstone
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.36 grams, 21.24 mm overall, 18.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
A gold finger ring with openwork hoop and split shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with carnelian intaglio of Mercury wearing a petasos.
Provenance
English private collection.
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