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Van Cleef & Arpels Paris Ruby and Diamond Bombé Ring
$75,000
Created in the 1960s, this 18K gold and platinum bombé ring is set with rubies and diamonds. The high volume bombé form is set with fields of circular-cut rubies, interspersed with three arced lines of round brilliant-cut diamonds. This exuberant 1960s ring is an inspired, artistic exploration of line and volume realized in gorgeous gems and bold contours.
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Item #: R-20642
Artist: Van Cleef & Arpels
Country: France
Circa: 1960's
Size: 8 (this ring can be sized; please contact the gallery for further information)
Materials: 112 round-cut rubies (approximate total weight 9.00 carats); 30 round brilliant-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 3.60 carats); 18K gold; Platinum
Signed: Van Cleef & Arpels # 84396 750 PT 950 French assay marks
While Van Cleef & Arpels jewelers consistently innovated widely among its signature floral and textile-inspired “passementerie” designs, they were also eminently capable, as with this ring, of deploying gems and precious metals in the service of streamlined modernist abstraction.