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Light-drilled Diamond
Bernhard Schobinger (Swiss, born in 1946)
1991
Object Place: Richterswil, Zürich, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Gold, diamond rough
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5 x 3 x 3 cm (1 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2017.4922
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionRing with large, irregularly shaped uncut diamond. Diamond was drilled to receive the ring shank using "Neodymlaser," a new technology in laser-cutting.
Signed
Unsigned
Marks
Unmarked
ProvenanceBy 2005, Daphne Farago (b. 1924 - d. 2017), Little Compton, RI; 2017, bequest of Daphne Farago to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)