SIGNED LACRIMA, RIVER SIDE, CIRCA 1990

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LACRIMA. A UNIQUE AND UNUSUAL 18K GOLD AND GEM-SET TIMEPIECE
SIGNED LACRIMA, RIVER SIDE, CIRCA 1990

With quartz movement, the dial inlaid with mother-of-pearl panels in a starburst motif, decorative hands, the circular case with diamond-set bezel, faceted crystal, embedded in a bulb-shaped case lavishly decorated with mother-of-pearl and lapis lazuli panels, to a fluted blue agate finial, swivelling to reveal a gold filigree disc with mother-of-pearl inlay and cabochon garnet centre on the reverse, seated upon a jasper and gold hull flanked by two finely crafted gold elephants with lapis lazuli and diamond-set detail and mother-of-pearl tusks frolicking on a riverbed of mother-of-pearl panels, to the jasper and gold pedestal on six ball feet embellished with a ruby cabochon, dial signed
310 mm. overall height

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US$25,000-35,000

This timepiece was produced using 871.53 grams of 18k gold, 555.32 grams of silver, 444 circular-cut diamonds weighing 8.23 cts, 3 pieces of jasper weighing 3972.20 cts, 71 pieces of garnet weighing 150.11 cts, 1 cabochon ruby weighing 27.34 cts, 182 pieces of mother-of-pearl weighing 1268.30 cts, 59 pieces of lapis lazuli weighing 4944.99 cts, 1 piece of blue agate weighing 175.45 cts and 1 piece of rock crystal weighing 81.50 cts.

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