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    • (Necklace) Fourteen drop-shaped natural pearls, measuring approximately 9.05 - 9.10 x 12.00mm to 5.35 - 5.40 x 6.30mm
      (Earrings) Two drop-shaped natural pearls and two button-shaped natural pearls, measuring approximately 8.20 - 8.30 x 11.00mm to 4.80 - 4.80 x 3.60mm

    • Diamond beads, totalling approximately 37.55 carats
      188 Seed pearls and 28 button-shaped pearls

    • Platinum

    • The seed pearls have not been tested.

    • Length approximately 3.75mm

    (Fourteen drop-shaped Pearls on necklace)
    SSEF report, numbered 73674, dated 26 March 2014, natural saltwater pearls, with no indications of artificial colour modification (based on sampling).
    (Two drop-shaped Pearls on earrings)
    SSEF report, numbered 77909, dated 19 January 2015, natural saltwater pearls, with no indications of artificial colour modification.

    附 SSEF 證書

  • Catalogue Essay

    Gem-quality natural pearls have long been coveted as highly valuable gemstones due to the random incidence of their formation, and to the rarity of their formation in a symmetrical, proportioned, lustrous and unblemished manner. Natural pearls first form within an oyster’s sac as an irritant which finds its way inside the sac. As a reaction to the irritant, the oyster coats it with calcium carbonate in an organic material called conchiolin. As the layers build, the pearl is formed and takes on a nacreous appearance which gives the pearl its lustre.

    It goes without saying that to find and match pearls of graduated shape, similar colour, size and quality is a painstaking process which can take many years. The present lot is composed of an impressive collection of well-matched, gem-quality pearls that have been certified by SSEF as being of natural, saltwater origin. Drop-shaped pearls, like the sixteen pearls mounted in this suite, are in particular a rare find.

637

An Exquisite Multi-coloured Natural Pearl and Diamond Necklace, and a Pair of Matching Earrings

Length approximately 3.75mm

Estimate
HK$650,000 - 800,000 
$80,000-100,000

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

Jewellery and Jadeite

Hong Kong Auction 28 November 2016