DIAMOND DEMI-PARURE 'TOURBILLONS', VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, CIRCA 1948

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

Sold

52,500 EUR

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Description

Comprising a brooch and a pair of ear clips designed as a stylized flower, highlighted with brilliant-cut diamonds, each piece signed Van Cleef & Arpels and numbered, French assay marks for 18 carat gold (750°/00) and platinum (950°/00), total gross weight approximately 50.08 grams.

Literature

Cf.: Evelyne Possémé, Van Cleef & Arpels, L'art de la Haute Joaillerie, Paris, 2012, pg. 146, for a gouaché painting and a photograph of a ring of similar design.