Hommage à ma mère, Madame Truong Khac Huê, qui adorait les bijoux, qui m'a traîné très jeune chez les bijoutiers et à mon père qui adorait les lui offrir

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LONDON - Christie’s is proud to announce The Wheel of Time, the largest exhibition in Europe to date of the exquisite work of Wallace Chan, renowned Chinese jewellery creator, visual artist and innovator. Through 150 pieces of jewellery, together with six titanium sculptures, some of which have never before been seen publicly, Chan considers the act of creation, looking back on major moments in his continuing career across five decades.Free and open to the public, The Wheel...
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The National Museum has received a gift of six unique pieces of jewelery designed by the silversmith and jewelery designer Kerstin Öhlin Lejonklou. The jewelery is in gold, oxidized silver, brilliants, tanzanite, ruby and mandarin garnet and designed between 1974 and 2007. The gift comes from the artist himself, who after over 60 years of activity is closing down his studio in Östersund.
Kerstin Öhlin Lejonklou (b. 1937) started at Konstfack in 1956. During her active period, the art of jewelry has developed from discreet,...
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Parure, collier, broche et bracelet de saphirs et diamants par René Lalique, circa 1900.

Lot 722. Diamond and lacquer 'Leaf' brooch. Estimate HK$HK$95,000 - HK$120,000. © Bonhams 2001-2023
Designed as a leaf, set throughout with rose- and round brilliant-cut diamonds together weighing approximately 13.70 carats, highlighted with a lacquer stem; mounted in 18 karat white gold; dimensions 9.3 x 3.0cm.
Bonhams. Luxury Online, Hong Kong. Ending from 10 August 2023

Lot 598. Emerald ring. Estimate HK$30,000 - HK$45,000. © Bonhams 2001-2023
Featuring a bezel-set rectangular carved emerald plaque; mounted in 18 karat yellow gold and silver; ring size 5¾.
Bonhams. Luxury Online, Hong Kong. Ending from 10 August 2023

Lot 684. Gem-set, mother-of-pearl, lacquer and diamond 'Chinese fan' brooch. Estimate HK$25,000 - HK$48,000. © Bonhams 2001-2023
Designed as a Chinese fan, set with spinels weighing approximately 3.90 carats, decorated with mother-of-pearl plaques, lacquer, briolette rock crystal and round brilliant-cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.45 carats; mounted in 18 karat white gold; dimensions 6.0 x 4.0cm.
Bonhams. Luxury Online, Hong Kong. Ending from 10 August 2023

Tiffany & Co. Onyx, enamel, rock crystal, jade and diamond desk timepiece, 1920s. Estimate: CHF 60,000-100,000. Courtesy Phillips.
GENEVA.- Phillips announced inaugural auctions of jewellery in Geneva on 6 November. Phillips’ Jewellery department achieved historic annual sales totals in 2021 and 2022, with an impressive +185% increase in value during Fall 2022 compared with Spring 2022. The decision to hold jewellery auctions in Geneva follows in the wake of the strong results achieved in Phillips’...
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Lot 8. Collier pectoral au pharaon et musiciens, en or jaune, émail et pierre fine. Travail à rapprocher de Gustave Baugrand, Travail de la fin du XIXe ou début XXe; poids total : 53,2 g, Long.41,5 cm. Estimation : 18 000/20 000€. © 2020 Maître Jean Emmanuel PRUNIER
Il est composé d’un motif central ciselé sur plaque d’or rappelant les décors des bas-reliefs égyptiens. Ainsi se font face, de part et d’autre d’une colonne au chapiteau émaillé de bleu et de vert et d’un entablement agrémenté d’une frise de diamants...
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Affiche - Exposition Un art nouveau. Métamorphoses du bijou, 1880-1914 © ADAGP, Paris, 2023
PARIS - L’École des Arts Joailliers présente du 2 juin au 30 septembre 2023 une exposition inédite qui illustre la place singulière occupée par le bijou au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles, à travers une sélection de près de 100 pièces provenant de collections muséales, patrimoniales et privées.
À partir des années 1880, l’esthétique connait une profonde évolution. Un imaginaire nouveau, enrichi par la diffusion extraordinaire...
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Lot 534. The Bessborough Diamond Tiara. An impressive Chaumet Art Deco diamond tiara. Marquise-shaped diamond, single and old-cut diamonds, platinum (French marks), 1931, maker's mark. Price realised CHF 945,000 (Estimate CHF 800,000 – CHF 1,500,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023
Size/Dimensions: inner circumference 52.5 cm. Gross weight: 136.5 grams.
Provenance: Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880-1956) for his wife, Roberte Countess of Bessborough [née Poupart de...
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