Geisha brocch

 

 

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.

Wartski 

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