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LOT 0268
Western Asiatic Gold Ring with Gemstones
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.23 grams, 20.78 mm overall, 15.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
Tapering shank with bezel formed as a segmented inverted cone, with inset cabochon emerald, replicant sapphire, and rock crystal.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection of a gentleman, 1970s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12267-221081.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 181, 251, for type.
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