Vintage Emerald Ring With Entourage of Diamonds, Amsterdam ca. 1970

"We already look with pleasure at the green of herbs and leaves. But we still prefer to look at emeralds, for their green is the most beautiful of all. Moreover, they are the only gems which fill the eyes without saturating them; indeed, when the eyes are weakened by exertions of other kinds, they are strengthened again by gazing upon emeralds [...] for their gentle green dispels the dullness of them." (Nat. Hist. 37.16) The beauty and effect of gemstones already preoccupied the people of antiquity. The quotation reproduced here is from Pliny the Elder, a Roman scholar from Como. In the year 77 A.D. he summarized the knowledge of nature of that time in a work, the Naturalis Historia or Natural History - and his description of the emerald is still as true today as it was 2000 years ago. This ring is a sparkling testimony to this, for at its center shines a natural emerald in a soft, warm green. The gemstone, weighing around 1.60 ct, is set in white gold and surrounded by 16 brilliant cut diamonds. The ring was created in the Netherlands in the years around 1970, it shows an Amsterdam maker's mark on the outside of the shank. Its shape references Art Deco jewellery, but the shape of the large carée on a slightly domed surface is a statement piece of the 1970s, when the design language in jewels was experimental and expressive. The quality of the emerald and diamonds has been independently certified. The corresponding certificate is supplied with the ring.

Estimate:$4,139.18

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