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AN ANTIQUE EMERALD AND DIAMOND BANGLE
The open sprung bangle designed as a snake, the pavé-set rose-cut diamond body enhanced by a central line of rectangular-cut emeralds, the head set with circular-cut diamonds and ruby eyes, mounted in gold, mid-19th Century, inner diameter 6.4 cm
The open sprung bangle designed as a snake, the pavé-set rose-cut diamond body enhanced by a central line of rectangular-cut emeralds, the head set with circular-cut diamonds and ruby eyes, mounted in gold, mid-19th Century, inner diameter 6.4 cm
Provenance
Auction in New York, 15 April 2002, lot 75
Literature
S. Tennenbaum and J. Zapata, Jeweled Menagerie, Thames & Hudson, London, 2001, p.43
Special Notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).