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Vtg JOHN GORDON LEAK ZUNI RING Knifewing sterling stone inlay modern avant garde

$ 343.14

Availability: 81 in stock
  • Technique: Stone inlay micro mosaic
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • style: Stone inlaid
  • Shape: Round
  • Type: Ring
  • Size of face area:: 7/8” diameter
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Origin: USA
  • Symbolism: Eagle man
  • Condition: Excellent ring and stones, with normal wear patina appropriate to age. No breaks, no chips to the stones. Stones are tight. Old patina to silver, polish or not to your taste. For a man or a woman. Stones have been checked, and the band recreated by a master Navajo silversmith. Clean, odor free and from a non smoking home.
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modification Description: Band remade
  • Can be resized: Yes (I can recommend a jeweler)
  • Artist of CG Wallace: Auction, collection
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Ring size, approx: 8
  • Tribal Affiliation: Zuni
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Culture: Zuni
  • Artisan: Attributed to John Gordon Leak
  • Modified Item: Yes
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Material: Jet Turquoise,Spiny Oyster shell, Mother of Pearl
  • Note: Signature will be required for delivery
  • Metal: Sterling silver
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Graphic: Knifewing

    Description

    Welcome!
    I pay the shipping charges within the USA.
    Description
    -------  Vintage, circa 1940s-1950s, hand made, historic Native American RING, In a playful, geometric KNIFEWING - a half man/half eagle symbol. This ring is attributed to famous Zuni artist,
    John Gordon Leak, (1900-1970 ,
    family: Leekity) in (unmarked, but tested) Sterling silver, with Leak's signature stone-to-stone, meticulous, mosaic flush inlay, consisting of a black jet background, blue & green turquoise, orange spiney oyster shell, and white mother of pearl.
    There is the tiniest, hand cut, sawtooth bezel, surrounded by a silver rope twist, and then a outer row of perfect, tiny, balls.
    Leak is a highly sought / collected Zuni artist who worked for CG Wallace and was featured in the CG Wallace collection auction at Sotheby's, in 1975. (Please see my listing for another inlay ring by Leak contemporary, and legend, Della Casa Appa).
    Known for his signature of strikingly modern, graphic, geometric designs; tight, accurate stone to stone inlay work, and black backgrounds.
    Face area of the ring is round and approximately
    7/8“ diameter.
    Slightly oversized face - on a finger oversized is nice - it will not rotate annoyingly, as some rings do.)
    I love Leak’s designs for their unusually playful look, yet also being modernist, geometric, & graphic.
    Restoration: This ring had a mangled band when I purchased it. I had a master Navajo silversmith create a handmade band for it, using as a model, another John Gordon Leak ring I had. I specifically requested he not disturb the accumulated patina. The ring is now in beautiful condition, while still preserving the normal patina history.  (Will provide the jeweler's name to the buyer upon request. I recommend them also, if you need to resize the ring - they take work via mail.)
    SIZE
    -------
    • approx size 8 - see ring on sizing rod.
    • Ring's band is
    1/8" wide at back,
    and it is tripled where it meets the face.
    Face area of the ring is round and approximately
    7/8“ diameter. Face is FLAT.
    • weighs 9.
    3
    grams on my scale, see photo.
    Marks
    -------  none.
    Guaranteed old and as described.
    (Leak, Leakity, Leek, Leake, Leeke, googie, space age, Sputnik, avant garde)
    Please check out my other things, including a Virgil Abloh tee, and other neat stuff.
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