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Plique-à-jour Enamel and Aquamarine "Four Dragonflies" Pendant Necklace

Creator: René Lalique – Lalique Co.
Offered by: Macklowe Gallery, Ltd

Description
Created by René Lalique in 1903-1904, this four dragonfly pendant necklace is composed of plique-à-jour and basse taille enamel, aquamarine, diamonds and 18K gold. It is designed as two pairs of opposed dragonflies with plique-à-jour enamel wings highlighted by diamonds and opalescent blue basse taille enamel bodies, flanking a cushion-shape aquamarine, with a flexibly-set pear-shape aquamarine pendant, and suspended from a conforming blue-green enamel baton link chain. A serene and harmonious expression of Lalique's passion for the dragonfly, this rare jewel is a feat of the artist's skill as a sculptor in miniature and as an enamelist - its figural and chromatic composition deeply engages the eye and mind.

Item #: N-21372
Artist: René Lalique
Country: France
Circa: 1903-04
Materials: 1 pear and 1 cushion-shape aquamarine; 24 rose, old single and old European-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 0.25 carat); Enamel; 18K Gold
Signed: LALIQUE
Literature: The design for this jewel executed in pencil, ink and opaque wash on yellow-brown parchment, and numbered 181, is pictured in "René Lalique 1890-1910 Schmuck und Objets-d'Art", the catalogue raisonné by Sigrid Barten, p. 730.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	1900-1949
Condition:	Good.
Gemstones:	Aquamarine
Metals:	Enamel, Gold
Styles / Movements:	Signed Pieces
Dealer Reference #:	N-21372
Incollect Reference #:	696786

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