ARNALDO POMODORO EXTREMELY RARE SCULPTURAL RING IN 18 KT GOLD

EXTREMELY RARE RING DESIGNED BY ARNALDO POMODORO (1926-).

A WEARABLE SCULPTURAL RING CREATED IN THE 1960'S BY THE ITALIAN ARCHITECT AND SCULPTOR ARNALDO POMODORO. IS CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS OF TEXTURED AND POLISHED YELLOW GOLD, EXHIBITING A FRAMED FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION AT TOP.

ARNALDO POMODORO BORN IN MORCIANO, ITALY IN 1926, IS A SCULPTOR, STAGE DESIGNER AND ARCHITECT. BETWEEN THE 1950 AND 1954 HE WORKED PRIMARILY AS A JEWELER AND STAGE DESIGNER WITH HIS BROTHER GIO POMODORO IN PESARO, ITALY AND BEGAN HIS FIRST WORK IN RELIEF, WHICH ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A ROUGH SURFACE QUALITY WITH DETAILED VEGETAL ORGANIC FORMS. THE FINE DETAILING OF HIS JEWELRY LATER APPEARED IN HIS BRONZE MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES. HE HAVE 94 YEARS AND LIVE IN MILAN, ITALY.

THE WEIGHT OF THIS PIECE IS 22.95 Grams AND THE ACTUAL SIZE IS 8.5, SIZE ABLE.

THE TOP VIEW SCULPTURAL PANEL HAVE A MEASURES OF 31 mm BY 21 mm.

THE CURSIVE SIGNATURE AND THE HALL MARK CARTOUCHE ARE ENGRAVED UNDER THE MAIN PANEL AS, "ARNALDO POMODORO .750".

AS A NOTE, THIS RING IS MOST PROBABLY AN UNIQUE PIECE. EXTREMELY RARE.

PROVENANCE: A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN MILAN ITALY. / SOTHEBY'S PARIS.

INVENTORY REF: R0000EESM/.5516