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LOT 1422
Western Asiatic Gold Ring with Cornelian Gemstone
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.51 grams, 23.66 mm overall, 15.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
D-section hoop with openwork floral shoulders, domed bezel with inset cabochon in a claw setting.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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