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09:37, 13-Jun-2017
Oval shaped ring designed by Pablo Picasso to go up for auction
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A ring designed and crafted by Pablo Picasso is expected to fetch up to £500,000 (4.3 million yuan) at an auction this month. /CFP Photo
A ring designed and crafted by Pablo Picasso is expected to fetch up to £500,000 (4.3 million yuan) at an auction this month. /CFP Photo
Based on a portrait of one of his muses, Dora Maar in the late 1930s, Picasso gifted the jewelry to her after she impulsively threw her own ring into a river. /CFP Photo
Based on a portrait of one of his muses, Dora Maar in the late 1930s, Picasso gifted the jewelry to her after she impulsively threw her own ring into a river. /CFP Photo
The angry lover had reportedly kept the ring since then until her death in 1997. The ring will go on sale later in June. /CFP Photo
The angry lover had reportedly kept the ring since then until her death in 1997. The ring will go on sale later in June. /CFP Photo