AN ART NOUVEAU SAPPHIRE, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND RING, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
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AN ART NOUVEAU SAPPHIRE, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND RING, BY RENÉ LALIQUE

Closed13 November 2017

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AN ART NOUVEAU SAPPHIRE, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND RING, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
Centering an oval-cut sapphire to the openwork surround and hoop depicting poppy flowers in green and blue enamel, with diamond accents, circa 1900, ring size 3 ½, mounted in gold
Signée Lalique
Accompanied by report no. 92637 dated 7 June 2017 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the origin of the sapphire is Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with no indications of heating.

Specialist note

Cf. S. Barten, René Lalique: Schmuck und Objets d’Art, 1890-1910, Munich, Prestal-Verlag, 1977, p. 466, ill. 1336 for the drawing of a similar ring