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PAIR OF NATURAL PEARL, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND DIAMOND PENDANT-EARRINGS | 天然珍珠配珍珠母及鑽石吊耳環一對

Restricted Species

Auction Closed

December 10, 09:01 PM GMT

Estimate

65,000 - 85,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

PAIR OF NATURAL PEARL, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND DIAMOND PENDANT-EARRINGS

天然珍珠配珍珠母及鑽石吊耳環一對

Suspending two drop-shaped pearls measuring approximately 13.1 x 12.9 mm, capped by rose-cut diamonds, set with old European-cut diamonds, surmounted by two near-round pearls measuring approximately 9.2 x 9.1 mm, accented at the top with mother-of-pearl inlays; circa 1900.

Accompanied by GIA report no. 6194902796 dated December 28, 2018 stating that the pearls are natural, saltwater.

Please note this property cannot be shipped internationally due to endangered species material.

With special thanks to Stefano Papi for his assistance with this attribution. Please note that Sotheby’s cannot ship this property internationally due to endangered species materials.

Sotheby’s New York, December 10, 1986, Important Jewelry, lot 120

Formerly in the Collection of Queen Anne of Romania, daughter of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Margaret of Denmark

For an image of Queen Anne wearing lot 563, see 20^th Century Jewelry & The Icons of Style by Stefano Papi and Alexandra Rhodes, page 88.