EXQUISITE DIAMOND, ONYX AND EMERALD 'PANTHÈRE' BROOCH, CARTIER

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EXQUISITE DIAMOND, ONYX AND EMERALD 'PANTHÈRE' BROOCH, CARTIER

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EXQUISITE DIAMOND, ONYX AND EMERALD 'PANTHÈRE' BROOCH, CARTIER

Price realised CHF 437,500

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CHF 150,000 – CHF 250,000

Closed: 12 May 2021

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EXQUISITE DIAMOND, ONYX AND EMERALD 'PANTHÈRE' BROOCH, CARTIER

Price realised CHF 437,500

Closed: 12 May 2021

Price realised CHF 437,500

Closed: 12 May 2021

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EXQUISITE DIAMOND, ONYX AND EMERALD 'PANTHÈRE' BROOCH, CARTIER
Circular-cut diamonds, onyx panels, pear-shaped emeralds, platinum and gold (French marks), circa 1970, 6.2 cm, signed Cartier Paris, no. 020017, red Cartier case

Cf. Grand Palais, Cartier le Style et l'Histoire, 2014, p. 382, no. 580 for the drawing of a similar brooch
Cf. F. Cologni and E. Nussbaum, Platinum by Cartier, Triumphs of the Jewelers' Art, 1996, p. 224
Cf. N. Coleno, Étourdissant Cartier, Paris, Éditions du Regard, 2008, p. 59 for the photograph of a similar brooch

This lot is offered without reserve. On lots marked with an + in the catalogue, VAT will be charged at 7.7% on both the premium as well as the hammer price.

One of Cartier's greatest achievements after the Second World War was the creation of panther jewels. Although the firm had made `big cat' jewellery before the war, it was Peter Lemarchand (1908-1970), who managed to create jewels of great realism and not merely stylised. This came about after many hours of observation at the Vincennes Zoo as well as intensive study of the bronze cats of ancient Egypt. From the first clip brooches made for the Duchess of Windsor in 1948, the panther theme has been developed to include parures of earrings, bracelet and ring. They are all extremely well modelled and capture in miniature the grace and authority of these noble animals.