Sale 2089
Hong Kong
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1 May 2001
Price realised
HKD 258,500
Estimate
AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND BIRD OF PARADISE BROOCH The bird, pavé-set with old mine and rose-cut diamonds, with trailing diamond-set tail, with a diamond briolette dangling from its beak, perched on an old mine and rose-cut diamond branch with leaves, 19th century, 10.4 cm. high
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PROPERTY FROM A FAR EASTERN ESTATE
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