Sale 2089
Hong Kong
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1 May 2001
Price realised
HKD 94,000
Estimate
A PAIR OF ART DECO JADEITE AND DIAMOND EAR-PENDANTS Each designed as a series of articulated diamond-set fancy links suspending a jadeite pendant of translucent brilliant green material, pierced and well carved as a flowering and fruiting double-gourd vine to an oval jadeite hoop surmount, mounted in platinum and white gold, circa 1925 Plaques 27.45 x 14.45 x 5.67 and 27.20 x 14.59 x 5.34 mm. (2)
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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
Ahead of an online sale that honours their close bond, Meredith Etherington-Smith traces the roots of a 40-year collaboration
The artist tells us about his meticulous recreation of a child’s toy in a work that became an instant icon when it debuted at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2014