Sale 1167
New York
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17 December 2002
Price realised
USD 14,340
Estimate
A DIAMOND, EMERALD AND SAPPHIRE BROOCH Designed as a cabochon emerald, sapphire and circular-cut diamond butterfly, extending circular and pear-shaped diamond wings, enhanced by two heart-shaped diamonds, set en tremblant, within a circular-cut diamond surround, with polished gold wirework trim, mounted in gold, (with fittings for ear pendants)
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA P. GILMAN
Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art