
A gold, platinum and gem-set brooch in the form of a Japanese female figure,
holding a diamond-set prunus stem aloft in her left hand, her right carrying a black
enamelled brazier with diamond-set flames emanating from the rim, the cuffs of her
stylised kimono and obi set with calibré-cut sapphires and the
frontal comb in her hair set with diamonds.
Possibly American, c.1940.
Exhibited:
Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, the Goldsmith and Japan,
Wartski, 2011, number 86. |