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Details
A group of rings
Comprising: a 17th century wood ring, carved in boxwood the bezel and shoulders carved as three grotesque masks to tapering fluted style shoulders; a bone memento mori ring, carved with central square-shaped coffin held by twin skeletons, probably 20th century; a gold mounted oval cornelian intaglio ring engraved with a recumbent animal with stylised inscription; a gold ring, the lapis lazuli bezel engraved with a figure riding a horse, with one bead to the shoulder; a bronze ring with central cabochon garnet engraved with two zebu; and other rings; 19th century and first half of the 20th century (13)
Comprising: a 17th century wood ring, carved in boxwood the bezel and shoulders carved as three grotesque masks to tapering fluted style shoulders; a bone memento mori ring, carved with central square-shaped coffin held by twin skeletons, probably 20th century; a gold mounted oval cornelian intaglio ring engraved with a recumbent animal with stylised inscription; a gold ring, the lapis lazuli bezel engraved with a figure riding a horse, with one bead to the shoulder; a bronze ring with central cabochon garnet engraved with two zebu; and other rings; 19th century and first half of the 20th century (13)
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; acquired 1960-1981, and thence by descent to the present owner.