Sale 2373
Hong Kong
|
30 May 2007
Price realised
HKD 2,700,000
Estimate
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND BROOCH Centering upon a cut-cornered rectangular-cut emerald weighing 56.20 carats within a baguette-cut diamond surround to the marquise and brilliant-cut diamond terminals, mounted in platinum and 18k white gold, 5.6 cm wide With report no. 34904 dated 10 December 1999 from the SSEF Swiss Gemological Institute stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin, with moderate clarity enhanced by oil
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