Description
The ring displays an octagonal bezel in openwork "fleurs de lys" pattern surrounding a central jadeite mask. It is thought that this ring was made for a member of the Spanish court.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
12/31/1969
Loan Consideration
examined for loan
2/08/1962
Treatment
cleaned
6/01/1983
Examination
examined for loan
7/02/1984
Treatment
cleaned
Exhibitions
Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. 1984-1987.
Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Laura F. Delano, New York, [date of acquisition unknown], by gift; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by gift.
