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Van Cleef & Arpels

Sapphire and Diamond Bracelet | 梵克雅寶 | 天然未經加熱藍寶石 配 鑽石 手鏈

Auction Closed

April 23, 09:49 AM GMT

Estimate

5,500,000 - 8,000,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

Designed as a line of cushion and oval-shaped sapphires, spaced and bordered by baguette and tapered baguette diamonds, the clasp completed with square and brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum, length approximately 185mm, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered, with French assay mark and maker's mark for Jacques Timey; circa 1938.


Accompanied by a copy of a Van Cleef & Arpels Certificate of Authenticity dating the piece to 1938.


Accompanied by a copy of AGL report no. 1116855, dated 8 October 8 2021, stating that sapphires 1, 2, 3, 11, 14 and 15 from the clasp are of Kashmir origin, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 13 of Burmese origin and 8 of Ceylon origin, all with no indications of heating.

See Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, page 54 for an illustration of a similar bracelet.