Live Auction 1368Jewels : The Geneva Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 193 The Property of a Gentleman of Title

AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND 'TROMBINO' RING, BY BULGARI

Closed13 May 2009

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CHF 81,000

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AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND 'TROMBINO' RING, BY BULGARI
Set with an octagonal-shaped emerald with baguette-cut diamond shoulders, to the micro pavé-set diamond surround and half-hoop, ring size 7.0
Signed Bulgari
Accompanied by report no. 53306 dated 02 March 2009 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin, with minor amount of oil in fissures
The emerald weighs approximately 7.0 carats

Specialist note

'One of the most successful and long-lasting designs by Bulgari, the Trombino rings, dates to the 1930s. Among the first examples was that given by Giorgio Bulgari to his future wife Leonilde on the occasion of their engagement in 1932. This ring was called Trombino as its shape is somehow reminiscent of a small trumpet (tromba in Italian).'

Daniela Mascetti and Amanda Triossi, Bulgari, Leonardo Arte srl, Milan, 1996, page 65