Sale 2373
Hong Kong
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30 May 2007
Price realised
HKD 240,000
Estimate
A RUBY AND DIAMOND FOLIATE PENDANT/BROOCH, BY SUWA Set with oval-shaped ruby and pear-shaped diamond leaves to the brilliant-cut diamond stems, one detachable section forming a smaller pendant/brooch, mounted in platinum and 18k gold, pendant/brooch 7.7 cm high Signed Suwa With report no. 0507006/1 to 14 dated 6 July 2005 from the Gübelin Gemmological Laboratory stating that the fourteen rubies are all Burmese origin, with indications of heating
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