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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'.

Provenance

Private 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.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 677, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0381

Renaissance Gold Ring with Burmese Spinel 'Ruby'

Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100

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