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LOT 0427
Stuart Period Gold Ring with Seated Figure Gemstone
17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.64 grams, 24.67 mm overall, 17.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
Bezel with petal detailing extending to the underside and shoulders, inset onyx intaglio with figure of Jupiter seated on a throne with perching eagle and flame in his extended hand; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12349-222567.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 787,790; Scarisbrick, D., Rings, Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty, London, 2013, figs.253,254, for the type.
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LOT 0427
Stuart Period Gold Ring with Seated Figure Gemstone
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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