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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
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
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