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Auction archive: Lot number 298

DIAMOND, BLACK ONYX AND EMERALD PANTHER BROOCH

Auction 22.10.1991
22 Oct 1991
Estimate
US$80,000 - US$100,000
Price realised:
US$132,000
Auction archive: Lot number 298

DIAMOND, BLACK ONYX AND EMERALD PANTHER BROOCH

Auction 22.10.1991
22 Oct 1991
Estimate
US$80,000 - US$100,000
Price realised:
US$132,000
Beschreibung:

DIAMOND, BLACK ONYX AND EMERALD PANTHER BROOCH THE PAVé-SET DIAMOND HEAD, BODY, ARTICULATED TAIL AND PAWS, ENHANCED BY VARIOUSLY-SHAPED BLACK ONYX AND PEAR-SHAPED EMERALD EYES, MOUNTED IN PLATINUM SIGNED BY CARTIER, NO. 020258, 9826 ANIMALIER JEWELRY, FOR A VERY LONG TIME A SPECIALITY OF CARTIER, FOUND ITS CROWNING EXPRESSION IN THE MOBILE PANTHER JEWELS WHICH JEANNE TOUSSAINT CREATED AFTER WORLD WAR II. IN 1948, THE DUKE OF WINDSOR ORDERED A BROOCH COMPRISING A 90 CARAT CABOCHON EMERALD ON WHICH A GOLDEN PANTHER FLECKED WITH BLACK ENAMEL SPRAWLED IN LUXURIANT EASE. FROM THIS MOMENT ONWARDS WELL-TO-DO WOMEN OF FASHION FROM EVERY PART OF THE WORLD FOUGHT OVER CARTIER'S FABULOUS MODELS, BORN OF JEANNE TOUSSAINT'S IMAGINATION. SPOTTED WITH SAPPHIRES OR ONYX, WHICH ARE ALL CUT FOR THIS SPECIFIC PURPOSE, THE CARTIER PANTHERS ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR NATURALISTIC EXPRESSION AND THEIR LURKING AGILITY. IN THE LATE 1950'S PRINCESS NINA AGA KHAN RECEIVED ONE OF THE MOST DAZZLING COLLECTIONS OF PANTHER JEWELRY, INCLUDING A JABOT PIN, A PENDANT BROOCH THAT COULD ALSO BE WORN AS A CLASP AT THE FRONT OF A STRING OF PEARLS, ON OPEN BRACELET WITH TWO PANTHER HEADS, A RIBBED GOLD BRACELET ENDING IN TWO PANTHER HEADS WHICH COULD ALSO BE TAKEN APART AND WORN AS EARRINGS, AND A GOLD RING DEPICTING A PANTHER LYING IN WAIT FOR ITS PREY WHICH COULD BECOME THE CLASP ON AN EVENING BAG

Auction archive: Lot number 298
Auction:
Datum:
22 Oct 1991
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

DIAMOND, BLACK ONYX AND EMERALD PANTHER BROOCH THE PAVé-SET DIAMOND HEAD, BODY, ARTICULATED TAIL AND PAWS, ENHANCED BY VARIOUSLY-SHAPED BLACK ONYX AND PEAR-SHAPED EMERALD EYES, MOUNTED IN PLATINUM SIGNED BY CARTIER, NO. 020258, 9826 ANIMALIER JEWELRY, FOR A VERY LONG TIME A SPECIALITY OF CARTIER, FOUND ITS CROWNING EXPRESSION IN THE MOBILE PANTHER JEWELS WHICH JEANNE TOUSSAINT CREATED AFTER WORLD WAR II. IN 1948, THE DUKE OF WINDSOR ORDERED A BROOCH COMPRISING A 90 CARAT CABOCHON EMERALD ON WHICH A GOLDEN PANTHER FLECKED WITH BLACK ENAMEL SPRAWLED IN LUXURIANT EASE. FROM THIS MOMENT ONWARDS WELL-TO-DO WOMEN OF FASHION FROM EVERY PART OF THE WORLD FOUGHT OVER CARTIER'S FABULOUS MODELS, BORN OF JEANNE TOUSSAINT'S IMAGINATION. SPOTTED WITH SAPPHIRES OR ONYX, WHICH ARE ALL CUT FOR THIS SPECIFIC PURPOSE, THE CARTIER PANTHERS ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR NATURALISTIC EXPRESSION AND THEIR LURKING AGILITY. IN THE LATE 1950'S PRINCESS NINA AGA KHAN RECEIVED ONE OF THE MOST DAZZLING COLLECTIONS OF PANTHER JEWELRY, INCLUDING A JABOT PIN, A PENDANT BROOCH THAT COULD ALSO BE WORN AS A CLASP AT THE FRONT OF A STRING OF PEARLS, ON OPEN BRACELET WITH TWO PANTHER HEADS, A RIBBED GOLD BRACELET ENDING IN TWO PANTHER HEADS WHICH COULD ALSO BE TAKEN APART AND WORN AS EARRINGS, AND A GOLD RING DEPICTING A PANTHER LYING IN WAIT FOR ITS PREY WHICH COULD BECOME THE CLASP ON AN EVENING BAG

Auction archive: Lot number 298
Auction:
Datum:
22 Oct 1991
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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