Lot 15
 
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Each suspending three well-matched drop shaped cultured pearls from a cabochon ruby and a round and baguette-shaped diamond surround and a surmount of full-cut diamonds pavé-set in an elongated ring, mounted in rhodium plated 18 K gold



Seneca, the Roman philosopher and statesman who lived in the 1st century BCE, made a caustic comment about pearl earrings: "Pearls offer themselves to my view. Simply one for each ear? No! The lobes of our ladies have attained a special capacity for supporting a great number. Two pearls alongside of each other, with a third suspended above, now form a single earring! The crazy fools seem to think that their husbands are not sufficiently tormented unless they wear the value of an inheritance in each ear!"




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  Lot 15 of 130  

AUCTION OF FINE JEWELS
7-8 OCTOBER 2008

Estimate
Rs 1,40,000 - 1,60,000
$3,150 - 3,600

Winning Bid
Rs 1,61,000
$3,618
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)










 



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