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A COLOURED DIAMOND, DIAMOND AND CORAL BIRD BROOCH, BY BOUCHERON
Modelled as a parrot, with coloured diamond and diamond body and tail feathers, sculpted gold face with a coral beak and onyx eye and a pear-shaped diamond crest, standing on a coral branch enhanced with a pear-shaped, brilliant and marquise-cut diamond cluster, mounted in platinum and gold, 1965, 8.1 cm, with French assay marks for gold, in grey suede Boucheron pouch
Signed Boucheron, Paris
Please note that the coloured diamonds have not been tested for natural colour
Modelled as a parrot, with coloured diamond and diamond body and tail feathers, sculpted gold face with a coral beak and onyx eye and a pear-shaped diamond crest, standing on a coral branch enhanced with a pear-shaped, brilliant and marquise-cut diamond cluster, mounted in platinum and gold, 1965, 8.1 cm, with French assay marks for gold, in grey suede Boucheron pouch
Signed Boucheron, Paris
Please note that the coloured diamonds have not been tested for natural colour
Literature
P. Walt Lasowski and A. M. Clais, Boucheron, La capture de l'éclat, Editions Cercle d'Art, 2005, Paris, photo 83.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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