Sale 2325
New York
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15 June 2010
Price realised
USD 17,500
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A MULTI-GEM AND GOLD BROOCH, BY CARTIER Designed as a sculpted 18k gold Native American figure, wearing a circular-cut sapphire headdress extending a fan of textured gold feathers, with cabochon ruby eyes and a cabochon turquoise cloak, his gold shoes decorated with single-cut diamonds, carrying a gold bow on his back, mounted in 18k yellow and white gold, with French exportation marks (partially indistinct) Signed Cartier, France, no. 5932
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