After a first exhibition held in Paris in 2018, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts is once again presenting Yves Gastou's breathtaking collection of men's rings in Tokyo from January 14th to March 13th, 2022. The ring, by its visual and physical proximity to its wearer, is a jewel with a unique status, since Antiquity. In turn functional (to sign, contain, unite, play, even cheat!) or symbolic, an object of contemplation and sometimes a veritable sculpture, the ring has been used in both masculine and feminine forms throughout the centuries and cultures. Yves Gastou, fascinated since his childhood by a ring worn by a Bishop, has built up over a lifetime of travels and encounters one of the most eclectic and therefore most representative collections of this type of jewel through time and space.
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