A pair of Art Deco diamond ear pendants, by Bulgari. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013

Each designed as a geometrical baguette and brilliant-cut diamond top suspending a flexible cascade of marquise-shaped diamonds with a pear-shaped diamond terminal, mounted in platinum, 1920s, 7.2 cm, in green leather Bulgari case. By Bulgari. Estimate:  $64,732 – $86,310

THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLE FAMILY

Literature: Cf. A. Triossi, BVLGARI 125 years of Italian Magnificence, exhibition catalogue, Grand Palais (Paris) 10 December 2010-12 January 2011, Skira, 2010, page 59 for a drawing of a similar pair of earrings.

Christie's. MAGNIFICENT JEWELS. 15 May 2013. Geneva. www.christies.com