Lot 582. Very attractive gem set and diamond necklace, Bulgari, circa 1965. Estimate:  190,000 – 380,000 CHF. Lot sold 629,000 CHF. Courtesy Sothebys

Designed as a graduated fringe of cluster motifs set with cabochon sapphires, rubies and emeralds highlighted with brilliant-cut diamonds, length approximately 420mm, signed Bulgari, case stamped Bulgari. 

Property of an European Princely Family.

LITTERATURE: Cf: Amanda Triossi, Bulgari: 125 Years of Italian Magnificence, Grand Palais, Milan, 2010, pages 140 and 141 for a similar example of this necklace.

Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels. Genève | 14 mai 2013, www.sothebys.com