Sale 2736
Hong Kong
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1 December 2009
Price realised
HKD 1,040,000
Estimate
A DIAMOND NECKLACE The front designed as a series of oval and marquise-cut diamond floral clusters, suspending a fringe of pear and marquise-cut diamonds, to the central detachable pendant set with a pear-shaped diamond weighing 2.30 carats, flanked by two marquise-cut diamonds, joined to the similarly-set graduated floral cluster backchain, mounted in platinum, 40.0 cm long Accompanied by report no. 8345566 dated 19 May 1993 from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the 2.30 carat diamond is F colour, VVS2 clarity
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