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LOT 0389
Pair of Elaborate Gold and Silver Earrings Set with Diamonds
OTTOMAN, 1870-1900 A.D.
4 in. (53.62 grams total, 10.1-10.2 cm).
Each earring composed of five articulated segments, masterfully crafted in silver and gold with an openwork gold base frame executed in the ajour technique extending to the edges; the upper section featuring a hexagonal stud centred by a table-cut diamond within a border of small inset stones, followed by heart-shaped and hexagonal links adorned with further diamonds; the central rosette displaying a prominent diamond encircled by six flat-cut stones, with the interstitial lobes and the hexagonal double frame highlighted by rows of tiny diamonds; the reverse richly ornamented with a stylised flowering plant motif, two leaves flanking a central stem surmounted by a round flower, all defined in silver-set diamonds against the openwork gold ground, further enclosed by a twin ring of zig-zagging diamond lines; suspended below, a claw-form dangle holding a large round pearl, capped above and below with diamond-set finials. [2]
Provenance
Acquired in 2010.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12802-241417.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Galerie Georges Petit, Catalogue des Perles, Pierrerries Bijoux. S.M. Sultan Abd-Ul-Hamid II, Paris, 1911, no.198-202.
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LOT 0389
Pair of Elaborate Gold and Silver Earrings Set with Diamonds
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000€20,880 - 27,840 (for guidance only)$24,300 - 32,400 (for guidance only)
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