A pair of diamond ear pendants, by Gianmaria Buccellati. Photo Philips de Pury & Co

Each of pierced openwork ‘honeycomb’ design, the articulated foliate drops highlighted in pavé-set diamonds suspended from a circular-cut diamond spacer to a similar foliate surmount, length 6.3 cm, signed ‘Buccellati’, numbered X5251. ESTIMATE £20,000-25,000. SOLD AT £23,750

Philips de Pury & Co. Jewels. 1 june 2011. London www.phillipsdepury.com