AN ANTIQUE RUBY, DIAMOND, EMERALD AND PEARL BIRD ORNAMENT
Designed as a bird set with variously-shaped cabochon rubies and emeralds, variously-shaped table-cut diamonds, seed pearls, gold on a lac core, 1 3/8 ins., 19th century
AN ANTIQUE RUBY, DIAMOND, EMERALD AND PEARL BIRD ORNAMENT
Designed as a bird set with variously-shaped cabochon rubies and emeralds, variously-shaped table-cut diamonds, seed pearls, gold on a lac core, 1 3/8 ins., 19th century
Jaffer 2013, pp. 191-92, no. 66
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, p. 52 The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 116, no. 84 Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 183, no. 139 The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 209, no. 142 The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 233, no. 146
This lot is offered without reserve.
专家说明
Set with a small screw at the bird's feet, this pendant was likely mounted originally on a ring or staff of office.
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