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Auction Closed
November 11, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
STERLÉ
RUBY, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND DIAMOND BROOCH, CIRCA 1960
[ Sterlé|紅寶石配珍珠母及鑽石別針,約1960年]
Designed as a bird, the crest decorated with carved mother-of-pearl, the body set with a cabochon star ruby, the tail and head highlighted by circular-cut diamonds, enhanced with a cabochon ruby eye, signed Sterlé, numbered, French assay mark for gold and maker's mark for Sterlé et Compagnie.
Cf.: Viviane Jutheau, Sterlé Joaillier Paris, Paris, 1990, for similar examples of bird brooches by Sterlé.