MOROCCO, 19TH CENTURY

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A GEM-SET GOLD PENDANT
MOROCCO, 19TH CENTURY
Of oval form, a central green emerald set within a ring of red rubies, around this scrolling openwork set with coloured gemstones including emeralds, rubies and pearls, a solid gold outer rim of gems in raised settings alternating with pearls
4 ½in. (11.8cm.) high

Provenance

Tchen Gi-Vane (1924-2021), France

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Lot Essay

A very closely comparable pendant is published in M-R. Rabaté et A. Goldenberg, Bijoux du Maroc, Casablanca, 1999, p. 39.

Tchen Gi-Vane (Cheng Zhifan) was a renowned pianist, painter and poet. She married French engineer Philippe Bertrand in 1951 and moved to Rambouillet, close to Paris. It was there that Philippe built the famous pagoda where Tchen Gi-Vane kept and exhibited her many extensive collections of instruments, textiles and jewellery.

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