Bulgari
Emerald, Sapphire and Diamond Brooch
Auction Closed
January 27, 04:10 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Set with cabochon sapphires and emeralds, accented by brilliant-cut diamonds, centering a cabochon emerald and suspending a drop-shaped emerald.
- Dimensions approximately 57 x 44mm
- Unsigned
- Exempted from French assay marking for 18 carat gold and platinum for brooch and French import assay mark for 18 carat gold for pin
- Accompanied by an Amanda Triossi letter of expertise
- Circa 1960
- One small diamond deficient
- Accompanied by case stamped Bulgari
- Gross weight 29.51 grams.
Colored picture (not for sale) : Audrey Hepburn wearing the brooch, 1962 © Dalmas SIPA
From for the collection of Audrey Hepburn
Daniela Mascetti and Amanda Triossi, BVLGARI, Milan, 1996, p. 82 for design drawings of similar brooches dating to the mid-1960s, a brooch of highly similar design without pendant is illustrated on the dust jacket.
Amanda Triossi, BVLGARI - 125 Years of Italian Magnificence Grand Palais, Milan, 2010, p. 134-135 and p. 333, nos. 198, 199 and 200 for jewels of similar design dated to 1960 and 1965.
Vincent Meylan, BVLGARI - Treasures of Rome, Italy, 2018, p. 177 for a recollection by Vicenza Tomassi of Audrey Hepburn's patronage of Bulgari.
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