A EUROPEAN BLACK JASPER RINGSTONE WITH MALE GENITALIA
A EUROPEAN BLACK JASPER RINGSTONE WITH MALE GENITALIA
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. CORINNE BRONFMAN
A EUROPEAN BLACK JASPER RINGSTONE WITH MALE GENITALIA

CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A EUROPEAN BLACK JASPER RINGSTONE WITH MALE GENITALIA
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY
3/8 in. (1 cm.) long; ring size 3 ½
來源
M.H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911), Wroughton, Wiltshire, acquired 1860-1899; thence by descent to his son-in-law, William Arnold-Forster (1886-1951), Cornwall.
Catalogue of the Story-Maskelyne Collection of Ancient Gems, the Property of W.E. Arnold Forster, Esq., Sotheby's, London, 4-5 July 1921, lot 202 (part).
Landsberg, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).
Marjorie Bronfman (1917-2012), Montreal, acquired by 1978; gifted to her daughter, Dr. Corinne Bronfman (1947-2022), Washington, D.C.; thence by descent to the current owner.

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Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

拍品專文

Centered on this gem is a frontal view of male genitalia flanked on either side by an additional phallos, with a butterfly and a club above on either side of a perforation. It is mounted as a ring in a 19th century gold setting.

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