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Lot 96Y,Ω

VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS: MOTHER-OF-PEARL, LACQUER AND DIAMOND LIMITED EDITION 'UME' BUTTERFLY BROOCH

2 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£13,000 - £15,000

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VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS: MOTHER-OF-PEARL, LACQUER AND DIAMOND LIMITED EDITION 'UME' BUTTERFLY BROOCH

The mother-of-pearl wings decorated with flowering prunus motifs in vari-coloured lacquer, the body set with brilliant-cut diamonds, signed VCA, numbered CL44016 and Q.10/20, workshop mark, French assay marks, length 5.0cm, maker's case and certificate of authenticity

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Please note, this lot will be subject to US Fish and Wildlife regulations if imported into the USA.

In 2011, Van Cleef & Arpels collaborated with the renowned Japanese lacquer-artisan, Mr. Junichi Hakose, on a collection of limited edition brooches called, 'Lacquered Butterflies'. Each butterfly - a symbol of metamorphism - was individually designed and hand lacquered by Mr. Junichi Hakose himself. The butterfly brooches were first produced in gold, with a mother-of-pearl base in the Van Cleef & Arpels workshops. The brooches were then sent to Wajima in Japan, where Mr. Junichi Hakose's workshop is located, to be lacquered with traditional motifs and innovative finishes. Each exquisitely rendered limited edition design is completely unique and numbered out of twenty.

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