Lot 197. Antique diamond and enamel sarpech. Estimate CHF 150,000 - CHF 200,000 (USD 150,000 - USD 200,000). Price realised CHF 150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
Vari-shaped table-cut diamonds, briolette-cut diamonds, blue, green, white and red enamel on the reverse, with plume holder, foil, gold on a lac core, 1850s, 19.0 cm, maroon fitted presentation case.
Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, p. 56, ill. pp. 64-65
Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015, pp. 94-95, no. 46
The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 118, no. 85
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 225, no. 167
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 245, no. 167
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 263, no. 170
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, p. 180, no. 101.
Christie's. Magnificent Jewels, Geneva, 12 November 2019
