Sale 1799
New York
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11 October 2006
Price realised
USD 60,000
Estimate
AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL, BAROQUE PEARL AND GOLD LONGCHAIN, BY RENE LALIQUE The gold longchain set with a series of openwork oval-shaped links, each centering upon a gold leaf and pale green enamel berries, spaced by baroque pearls, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1905, 62 ins., with French assay marks, in a R. Lalique brown leather case With jeweler's marks for René Lalique
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's Geneva, "Magnificent Jewels", 19 November 1997, lot 8
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