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LOT 0363
Renaissance Gold and Enamel Ring with Ruby
WESTERN EUROPE, LATE 16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.48 grams, 23.29 mm overall, 17.28 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
Comprising a slender round-section hoop, expanding shoulders with scrolled tendrils, a quatrefoil bezel with D-shaped ornamented panels, set with a table cut ruby; retaining traces of white enamel.
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12995-246010.
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