Ruby and diamond bracelet, Van Cleef & Arpels, Circa 1940 - Photo Sotheby's

Set with oval and circular-cut rubies, highlighted with arches set with baguette and circular-cut diamonds, length approximately 180mm, signed Van Cleef & Arpels and numbered, French assay marks. Estimate: 280,000 - 465,000 CHF - Lot sold. 662,500 CHF

Accompanied by SSEF report no. 65236, stating that the sixty-nine rubies are of Burmese origin, with no indications of heating.

Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. Geneva | 14 Nov 2012 www.sothebys.com