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LOT 1463
Roman Style Gold Ring with Portrait Cameo
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (17.96 grams, 28.10 mm overall, 22.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)).
A substantial gold finger ring with ellipsoid cell to the bezel, inset glass nicolo profile female bust.
Provenance
English private collection.
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