ID 959409
Lot 2 | RENÉ BOIVIN MULTI-GEM LION BROOCH AND A PAIR OF ASSOCIATED EARRINGS
Estimate value
CHF 230 000 – 360 000
Baguette-cut rubies and sapphires, baguette-cut and marquise-shaped emeralds, round and single-cut yellow, orange and brown diamonds, round diamonds, 18k yellow gold (French marks), circa 1975, signed René Boivin, Paris, maker's marks (Charles Profilet).
Together with a pair of earrings of later addition with square-shaped and baguette-cut rubies and sapphires, square-shaped, baguette-cut and round emeralds, round diamonds, 18k yellow gold, signed Croy
Size/Dimensions: brooch 3.4 x 8.6 cm; earrings 6.0 cm
Gross weight: 160.9 grams
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 13 November 1995, Jewels from the Personal Collection of Princess Salimah Aga Khan, sale 1200, lot 212
Earrings acquired at Cecile von Croy in 2014
Literature
Cf. F. Cailles, René Boivin, Joaillier, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, p. 309
Special notice
This lot is subject to standard Swiss VAT rules and 7.7% VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and the ‘buyer’s premium’
Post lot text
Please note that the coloured diamonds have not been tested for natural colour.
| Artist: | René Boivin (1864 - 1917) |
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| Medium: | Ruby, Sapphire |
| Auction house category: | Brooches and pins |
| Artist: | René Boivin (1864 - 1917) |
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| Medium: | Ruby, Sapphire |
| Auction house category: | Brooches and pins |
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