Harry Winston - Jewels & Jadeite Hong Kong Sunday, May 26, 2019 | Phillips

Jewels & Jadeite

Hong Kong Auction 27 May 2019

    • Two cushion-shaped sapphires, 5.27 and 5.18 carats

    • Marquise-, pear-shaped and brilliant-cut diamonds in the surround and atop, together approximately 18.00 carats

    • Platinum

    • Ear-pendants detachable

    • Ear-clips with Jacques Timey 'JT' maker's mark for Harry Winston and numbered 6762

    (5.27- and 5.18-carat Sapphires)
    AGL reports, numbered 1091829 and 1091830, dated 12 April 2018, Kashmir, no gemological evidence of heat and clarity enhancement.
    Gübelin reports, numbered 18038061 and 18038062, dated 24 March 2018, Kashmir, no indications of heating.

    附 兩張美國AGL 及 兩張瑞士Gübelin 證書

  • Catalogue Essay

    Revered as the 'King of Diamonds' and the 'Jeweller to the Stars', Harry Winston is synonymous to the rarest and the most remarkable gemstones of the highest quality. From diamonds to coloured gemstones of prestigious pedigree, Harry Winston is reported to own the world’s second largest collection of historic jewels, second only to the one of the British royal family.
    Mr. Winston believes that gemstones should dictate designs, which means the metal settings should be reduced to bare minimum for a gem to show its full potential. This belief gave birth to the Winston Cluster ©, a unique way of setting diamonds of various shapes at different angles within an almost invisible amount of platinum. This magnificent pair of earrings is a perfect example of the signature Winston Cluster ©. All diamonds are perfectly-angled to allow maximum light return and utmost brilliance.
    However, the true hero on this pair of earrings is without doubt the pair of superb sapphires. Hailing from the legendary mine of Kashmir which was long depleted over a hundred years ago, the two specimens of matching size and cutting display the iconic blue hue that stay constant regardless of the light source – a distinctive attribute of Kashmir sapphire that makes them highly covetable.
    Only connoisseurs can imagine the difficulty of assembling two Kashmir sapphires of matching quality in this size, for them to be at the same time completely free of heat treatment, it is a quest that required years, if not decades to complete. This pair of earrings attests the true wonders of nature, as well as human’s creative power and perseverance, a poetic expression of cosmopolitan glamour.

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Harry Winston

A Rare and Fine Pair of Sapphire and Diamond Pendant Ear-clips, Ear-clips Signed Harry Winston

Ear-clips with Jacques Timey 'JT' maker's mark for Harry Winston and numbered 6762

Estimate
HK$7,500,000 - 8,500,000 
$962,000-1,090,000

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

Jewels & Jadeite

Hong Kong Auction 27 May 2019