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FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF THE PRINCESS SORAYA
A RUBY AND DIAMOND "CAMELLIA" BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
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A RUBY AND DIAMOND "CAMELLIA" BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Designed as a single flowerhead, centering upon a pavé-set diamond domed pistil, extending overlapping oval-cut ruby petals, trimmed with circular-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum and 14k white gold, circa 1954, with French assay marks
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, NY, no. 23648
Designed as a single flowerhead, centering upon a pavé-set diamond domed pistil, extending overlapping oval-cut ruby petals, trimmed with circular-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum and 14k white gold, circa 1954, with French assay marks
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, NY, no. 23648
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Born Esfandiari Bakghtiari in 1932, Princess Soraya married the Shah of Iran when she was 19 years old. The marrage ended in divorce six years later because she was incapable of producing an heir. After the divorce, Princess Soraya lived in exile in Europe where she befriended European high society and the cinema world. Known as one of the most glamorous women of her day, she split her time between Italy, Germany and France. Just before she was to remarry the film director Franco Indovina, he died in a tragic car accident. Dubbed the "Sad Princess", she died on October 25, 2001 at her home in Paris.