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LOT 1953
Renaissance Sardonyx Cameo of a Female Bust in Gold Ring
ITALY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.05 grams, 26.23 mm overall, 19.05 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
Carved with a bust of a young female in three-quarter view, wearing a loose palla with one breast exposed; set into an antique gold ring.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 716, for type.
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LOT 1953
Renaissance Sardonyx Cameo of a Female Bust in Gold Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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