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LOT 0381
Renaissance Gold Ring with Burmese Spinel 'Ruby'
LATE 16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.73 grams, 28.14 mm overall, 17.50 x 19.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
Comprising a granule and scrolled frond to each shoulder, rectangular stepped cell to the bezel with inset table-cut Burmese spinel 'ruby'.
ProvenancePrivate collection of a North London lady before 2000.
Property of a London gentleman.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12554-232024.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 677, for type.
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