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RENÉ BOIVIN MULTI-GEM LION BROOCH AND A PAIR OF ASSOCIATED EARRINGS
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), 1977, 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
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), 1977, 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
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’
Further Details
Please note that the coloured diamonds have not been tested for natural colour.
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