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Currently not on display

Gold Ring Containing a Lock of Hair of Edward IV

Date 1789
Materials and Techniques Glass, hair, gold
Size(cm) 32 x 21 x 24 mm
Inscriptions Inscribed on border of bezel: EDV ARDUS 4TH INCL YTUS REX ANGLIAE VINDESORIAE SEPULTUS AD 1483
Credit Line Donated by Mr. Kanshi Hashimoto, 2012.
Standard ref. Scarisbrick 294
Category Decorative Arts
Collection Number OA.2012-0298

Provenance

Mr. Kanshi Hashimoto (橋本貫志氏), by whom donated to the NMWA, 2012.

Exhibition History

2014
The Rings: from the Hashimoto Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 8 July 2014 - 15 September 2014, cat. no. 238

Bibliography

2014
The Rings: from the Hashimoto Collection of the National Museum of Western Art (exh. cat.). Iizuka, Takashi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2014, pp. 204, 318, cat. no. 238, col. repr.

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