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    • One step-cut sapphire, 31.19 carats

    • Diamonds in the surround, totalling approximately 5.50 carats
      Cultured pearls on necklace, diameter approximately 4.00 to 3.50mm

    • 18 karat white gold

    • Sapphire pendant detachable, with retractable pendant loop

    • Length approximately 370mm

    (31.19-carat Sapphire)
    Gübelin report, numbered 9611051, dated 15 November 1996, Burma, no indicatons of thermal treatment.
    SSEF report, numbered 87952, dated 18 September 2016, Burma, no indications of heating.

    附 Gübelin 及 SSEF 證書

  • Catalogue Essay

    Weighing in at 31.19 carats, unheated Burmese sapphires of this size and quality are exceedingly rare. Modern Burmese mines yield very few sapphires and very few of gem-quality over ten carats make their way to the present day market. Burma accounts for only 10% of the world’s total rubies and sapphires, and less than 1% stones of these are gem quality. The present sapphire combines an excellent combination of significant size, crisp colour saturation, high clarity and is a pleasing step-cut shape. It bears the rich brilliance and colour of a sapphire that is unmistakably Burmese.

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A Sapphire, Cultured Pearl and Diamond Necklace

Length approximately 370mm

Estimate
HK$1,800,000 - 2,500,000 
$230,000-320,000

Sold for HK$2,480,000

Contact Specialist
Terry Chu
Head of Jewellery, Asia, Senior Director
+852 2318 2038

Jewellery and Jadeite

Hong Kong Auction 28 November 2016