Artistian Made

This necklace has a charming strand of Japanese akoya pearls with a diameter of 8.5/9 mm that in its simplicity is beautiful in itself. The real special feature of this necklace, how...

This single-strand jadeite necklace is composed of seventy three graduated jadeite beads of bright emerald green color and very good translucency, measuring 5.2 to 9.9 mm. The clasp is mounted with diamonds. 61 cm long 55.85 grams Provenance — purchased at Wheatley Antiques in London. Stand 106, Grays Antique Market...

On both sides, the pendant features a relief with melons surrounded by blooming flowers and vines. In the relief, a group of melons hangs on a vine, with leaves in between the melo...

Swedish artist Pia Wallen made this modern bold black overlapping-discs link bracelet from her signature thick 100%-wool felt, which is assembled with silver round hardware for interior snap closure at the one signed "PW". Like Surrealist-artist Meret Oppenheimer's famous use of fur on a bracelet interior for Elsa Schiaparelli, Wallen's snug sheep-hair cuff...

In the 1990s when the Dutch collective Droog introduced international leaders of late 20th-Century functional art such as Ron Arad, Marcel Wanders, Jurgen Bey, Hella Jongerius, and Tejo Remy, the Netherlands-based brand was one of the most successful producers of conceptual design. The collaboration was co-founded in 1993 in Amsterdam by the jewelry and product designer Gijs Bakker (b. 1942), who commissioned his protege French artist Frederic Braham in 1998 to create this one-of-a-kind brooch for his young Droog-represented jewelry line "Chi ha paura...?". The Italian phrase means "who is afraid of?". This natural satin-lustre South Sea black-Tahitian 15 x 10 mm baroque thick-nacred pearl, which is bezel-set in oxidized sterling on a sharp silver stud for push-back fastening as a lapel or tie pin, is surrounded by a removable textured gold disk brooch with the Chiapaura maker's mark, artist's signature, abbreviated year and assay symbol. Notably, while farmed pearls from this French-Polynesian region are scarce, it is rarer to find one over 12mm. This dark gray one is also exceptional for its desirable secondary tone of peacock green with minimal surface imperfections. From normal use, the unseen back of the disk is missing chips of ecru enamel where it contacts the fastening knob. This reveals that the disk is solid gold. Like other functional conceptual design represented by Droog, the brooch is more than a beautiful piece of fine jewelry featuring multiple contrasting elements, as it could be a provocative "third nipple" if worn on a tie or scarf. Given the Dutch origin of the brand, we recall the famous 15th-Century oil-painting by Johannes Vermeer, known as "Girl with a Pearl Earring". Who is afraid of girl or boy with a third nipple? We acquired this brooch from a jewelry collector who had purchased it from the Italian gallery...

This ring, handcrafted in Italy in the 1990s, is a perfect blend of elegance and classicism; it is made entirely of 18 kt. yellow gold and features a stunning Japanese coral in the c...

Each suspending a translucent jadeite hoop of bright green color, the white gold interlocking loops of the earring are set with brilliant-cut diamonds and rubies. Dimensions & Weight jade loop diameter: 21mm; jade thickness: 5mm total height of earring: 42 mm weight of two earrings: 10.9 grams Provenance — purchased at Wheatley Antiques in London. Stand 106, Grays Antique Market...

Skillfully carved with Hetian Jade, this boy dressed in a long robe crouches on an elongated lotus leaf mounted by a cricket. He grasps a basket with his left hand while another cric...