Diamond Ring

16th century (Renaissance)

3 cm 3.5 cm 1.5 cm

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This elaborate ring is set with a table-cut diamond in a raised box bezel supported by a structure resembling an inverted pyramid. The ring is lavishly covered with multicolor enameling extending on to the hoop. On each openwork shoulder, a large, grotesque mask is flanked by...

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Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase, Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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