Platinum And Diamond Necklace, Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, Circa 1960. Photo Sotheby's

Designed as a garland set with numerous round, pear and marquise-shaped diamonds, gathered to each side with baguette diamonds set in a scroll motif, total diamond carat weight approximately 68.65 carats, length 15¼ inches, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, numbered 74.470, with French assay and indistinct maker's marks;  front section detaches for wear as a bracelet, length 6¾ inches.With signed envelope. Estimation: 300,000 - 500,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Geneva, May 15, 2008, Jewels from the Collection of Lily Marinho, Lot 511.

Sotheby's. Important Jewels. New York | 20 sept. 2012 www.sothebys.com