26 janvier 2009

Pair of diamond cluster earclips The foliate clusters set with 8 pear-shaped and 4 marquise-shaped diamonds weighing approximately 7.20 carats, mounted in platinum. Estimate ,000—9,000 USD Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Diamond necklace The slightly graduating foliate cluster motif set with 123 marquise-shaped diamonds weighing approximately 36.80 carats and 82 round diamonds weighing approximately 41.95 carats, mounted in platinum, length 17 inches. Estimate 120,000—150,000 USD Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

8.18 carats Diamond ring The marquise-shaped diamond weighing 8.18 carats, flanked by 2 tapered baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum, size 5½. Estimate 100,000—125,000 USD NOTE: Accompanied by GIA report no. 2105438438 stating that the diamond is G color, SI1 clarity Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Pair of fancy intense yellow diamond earrings Set with 2 cut-cornered square modified brilliant-cut diamonds of fancy intense yellow color, each weighing 1.46 carats, framed by small round diamonds, mounted in platinum and 18 karat gold. Estimate 15,000—20,000 USD NOTE: Accompanied by GIA reports nos. 5101184557 and 2105184558 stating that the diamonds are Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color and VS2 and VVS1 clarity respectively. Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Fancy yellow diamond ring The cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut diamond of fancy yellow color weighing 6.16 carats, flanked by 2 trapeze-cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.35 carats, mounted in platinum and 18 karat gold, size 6. Estimate 60,000—70,000 USD NOTE: Accompanied by GIA report no. 15072931 stating that the diamond is Fancy Yellow, Natural Color, VS1 clarity. Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

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Pair of diamond pendant-earrings Composed of 2 pear-shaped diamonds of light yellow and fancy yellow hue weighing 5.02 and 5.20 carats, 2 oval diamonds weighing 1.01 and 1.02 carats and 2 pear-shaped diamonds of pale yellow hue weighing 2.01 and 2.04 carats, mounted in platinum and 18 karat gold. Estimate 80,000—120,000 USD NOTE: Accompanied by six GIA reports: No. 16904758 stating that the 5.02 carat diamond is U to V Range, Light Yellow, Natural Color. No. 16944494 stating that the 5.20 carat diamond is Fancy Yellow,... [Lire la suite]

Diamond ring The cushion-shaped diamond of light yellow hue weighing 5.01 carats, flanked by 2 half-moon-shaped diamonds, mounted in platinum and 18 karat gold, size 6½. Estimate 25,000—35,000 USD NOTE: Accompanied by GIA report no. 15284618 stating that the diamond is Y to Z Range color, SI1 clarity Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Attributed to Joseph Werner II (Berne circa 1637-1710) , Presumed portrait of Madame de Montespan bodycolor on vellum laid down on panel. 6 7/8 x 5¼ in. (175 x 133 mm.). Estimate $20,000 - $30,000  Notes: This previously unrecorded portrait appears to depict Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan, known as Madame de Montespan (1641-1707) who was one of King Louis XIV's mistresses from circa 1667 to the early 1680s. She was of noble descent and married the marquis de Montespan in 1663,... [Lire la suite]

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Geneva 1702-1789) . Presumed portrait of Laura Tarsi in Turkish dress bodycolor on ivory. 4 x 3¼ in. (102 x 83 mm.). Estimate $80,000 - $120,000 Literature: M. Röthlisberger and R. Loche, Liotard, The Netherlands, 2008, no. 220a, fig. 352a. Notes: The influence of Liotard's four year sojourn in Constantinople (1738-42) endured long after his return to Western Europe. He continued to wear Turkish dress and perpetuated the taste for turquerie through his many exotic images of the Ottoman world. The... [Lire la suite]