Lot Essay
Maharani Sita Devi of Baroda ordered this bracelet from Cartier London in 1953. This same year, she also had similar earrings ordered from Van Cleef & Arpels.
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A NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND BRACELET, CARTIER
Drop, button and baroque-shaped gray and black pearls, marquise, circular and baguette-cut diamonds, platinum (French marks), 6 ¾ ins., 1953, signed Cartier, London, red Cartier case
Drop, button and baroque-shaped gray and black pearls, marquise, circular and baguette-cut diamonds, platinum (French marks), 6 ¾ ins., 1953, signed Cartier, London, red Cartier case
Provenance
Maharani Sita Devi of Baroda
Crédit Municipal de Monaco, 16 November 1974, lot 5
Property of a Lady of Title
Christie's, Geneva, 13 November 2012, lot 253
Crédit Municipal de Monaco, 16 November 1974, lot 5
Property of a Lady of Title
Christie's, Geneva, 13 November 2012, lot 253
Literature
Meylan 2012, pp. 12, 27, 54, 60
Papi and Rhodes 2013, pp. 194, 201
Papi and Rhodes 2013, pp. 194, 201
Exhibited
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 346, no. 241
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 355, no. 245
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 355, no. 245
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