Live Auction 20952Magnificent Jewels including Twelve Jewels by JAR from The Estate of Ann Getty & The Light of Africa Diamond
JAR MULTI-GEM, DIAMOND AND LACQUER 'PARROT TULIP' BROOCH
Lot 73 The Estate of Ann Getty

JAR MULTI-GEM, DIAMOND AND LACQUER 'PARROT TULIP' BROOCH

Closed8 June 2022

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JAR MULTI-GEM, DIAMOND AND LACQUER 'PARROT TULIP' BROOCH
Designed as a parrot tulip, round rubies, pink sapphires, green garnets, green tourmalines, and diamonds, black lacquer, 18k yellow and rose gold (French mark) and silver, 1991, signed JAR Paris

Size/Dimensions: 10.1 x 11.0 cm (3 7⁄8 x 4 3⁄8 in)
Gross Weight: 99.5 grams

Specialist note


The ‘Parrot’ tulip, so named for its combination of bright colors and prized for its rarity, invokes the celebrated tulip fields of Holland and pays homage to Ann Getty’s Dutch heritage.


This jewel is photographed over an 18th century textile selected from the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection.