18 novembre 2013

Rare and important 18 karat gold, platinum, faience, diamond, colored stone and enamel 'Sekhmet' brooch, Cartier, Paris

Rare and important 18 karat gold, platinum, faience, diamond, colored stone and enamel 'Sekhmet' brooch, Cartier, Paris. Photo courtesy Sotheby's Egyptian goddess Sekhmet brandishing a fan of stylized lotus blossom motifs, highlighted by a diamond-set bracelet and arm band, fitted at the waist with two gold belts of zig-zag patterning set atop a plinth backed by a hemisphere with a sun disk above, all decorated with black enamel highlighted by diamonds and accented by rubies and emeralds, signed Cartier,... [Lire la suite]