Bauta décor Ring. Van Cleef & Arpels
Bauta décor Ring. Van Cleef & Arpels
White gold, round and baguette-cut diamonds, emeralds, turquoise, onyx, grey-mother-of-pearl and one 25.15-carat sapphire (from Sri Lanka) and pink gold.
The sapphire adorning the Bauta decor ring is one of the exceptional stones of the “Bals de Légende” collection. Its colour is both intense and bright, two unusual characteristics for sapphires from Sri Lanka, whose colour is generally paler. Its cut presents a rare rectangular cushion shape. This extremely pure sapphire was selected after several months of research by the Van Cleef & Arpels gemmologists. All these characteristics make this stone one that connoisseurs and collectors will admire.
Beistegui Ball, Venice, September 3rd, 1951 ©Robert DOISNEAU/RAPHO