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A LAPIS LAZULI, COLORED DIAMOND AND GOLD "BIRD ON A ROCK" PENDANT NECKLACE, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO.

Closed11 June 2009

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USD 16,250

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A LAPIS LAZULI, COLORED DIAMOND AND GOLD "BIRD ON A ROCK" PENDANT NECKLACE, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO.
Suspending a detachable pendant, designed as a circular-cut diamond and yellow diamond bird, with a circular-cut emerald eye and gold head feathers, beak, legs and feet, perched on a rectangular cabochon lapis lazuli, from an 18k gold oval link necklace, mounted in 18k gold and platinum, 42 ins., chain with French assay marks and maker's mark (indistinct), (pendant may also be worn as a brooch)
Pendant signed Schlumberger for Jean Schlumberger, Tiffany (2)

Specialist note

Cf. Bizot, Chantal, The Jewels of Jean Schlumberger, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001, page 70

Cf. John Loring, Tiffany's 20th Century: A Portrait of American Style, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997, cover