Magnificent Jewels: Part I
Magnificent Jewels: Part I
Property Of An Important Private Collector
Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia | Light Pink Diamond, Gem Set and Diamond Brooch | 前南斯拉夫Dimitri王子 | 4.36克拉 淡粉紅色鑽石 配 寳石 及 鑽石 胸針
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October 12, 09:06 AM GMT
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1,000,000 - 2,000,000 HKD
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Property Of An Important Private Collector
Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia | Light Pink Diamond, Gem Set and Diamond Brooch
前南斯拉夫Dimitri王子 | 4.36克拉 淡粉紅色鑽石 配 寳石 及 鑽石 胸針
Designed as an articulated scroll suspending a paisley-shaped floral pendant, set with a pear-shaped light pink diamond weighing 4.36 carats, embellished with variously-shaped diamonds, diamonds of yellow tint, rubies, pink and green sapphires and green garnets, mounted in 18 karat pink gold and platinum, the reverse of the stem inscribed: all religions, art and science are branches of the same tree. EINSTEIN, signed with Prince Dimitri monogram, numbered.
Accompanied by GIA report no. 15768432, dated 21 March 2007, stating that the 4.36 carat diamond is Light Pink, Natural Colour, VS2 Clarity. Please note that the diamonds of yellow tint have not been tested for natural colour origin.
Cf.: Prince Dimitri and Lavinia Branca Snyder, Once Upon a Diamond: A Family Tradition of Royal Jewels, New York, 2020, cover and pgs. 208-209 for an illustration of this brooch.