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Property Of An Important Private Collector

Van Cleef & Arpels

'Feuille de Platane' Sapphire and Diamond Brooch | 梵克雅寶 | 'Feuille de Platane' 藍寶石 配 鑽石胸針

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April 29, 09:51 AM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 800,000 HKD

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Property Of An Important Private Collector

Van Cleef & Arpels | 'Feuille de Platane' Sapphire and Diamond Brooch

梵克雅寶 | 'Feuille de Platane' 藍寶石 配 鑽石胸針


Designed as a mystery-set sapphire sycamore leaf, with calibré-cut diamond stem and brilliant-cut diamond borders, mounted in platinum, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered, borders can be removed.

Cf: Sarah D. Coffin, Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, New York, 2011, page 131 for an example of a similar brooch set in emeralds from the Van Cleef & Arpels' Collection.

Cf: Fabienne Falluel et al, Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, 1992, page 161 for an example of a similar brooch made in the 1960s.