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LOT 0330
Renaissance Gold Ring with Table-Cut Hessonite Garnet
WESTERN EUROPE, 16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.07 grams, 27.56 mm overall, 19.87 x 19.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Tiered hoop and shoulders supporting a cup bezel with scallop detailing, inset with an octagonal cloison.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13048-248385.
A similar example was offered by Sotheby’s, New Bond Street, European Sculpture and Works of Art, 4th December 2013, Lot 60, it is catalogued as: Finger Ring, gold, with a scalloped bezel set with an oval garnet. Probably Italian, late 16th/ early 17th century; see also Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 676, for type.
FootnotesParallels for the ring type are dated 16th century. A related finger ring is also available in the British Museum collection. The chalice-shaped workmanship of the bezel betrays a strong Italian influence in the workmanship of the ring section.
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LOT 0330
Renaissance Gold Ring with Table-Cut Hessonite Garnet
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £60
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Pair of Pastel Paintings of Children on a Beach by Sue McDough
Circa 1999 A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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Silver-Gilt Mounted Jet 'Figa' Amulet
Spain, 17th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
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Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.
Mano Fico, as protective amulets, have been used since antiquity. It was believed to protect from the evil eye and other dark and magical forces and to promote fertility. In ancient Rome, the fig sign, or mano fico, was made by the pater familias (father of the family) to ward off the evil spirits of the dead as a part of the Lemuria ritual. The ancient Greeks wore amulets of the gesture around the neck to protect from the evil eye, and also used the gesture in artwork. What they considered an overtly sexual gesture was expected to distract evil spirits from causing harm. The pendant would have been worn from a belt or from a chatelaine containing other protective talismans. This carving would have served as a token representing a person's pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, one of the very few places in which jet can be found and mined since at least the Middle Ages.
