Lot no. 89
NATURAL BAROQUE PEARL
Phallus-shaped, shaded white, weighing 199.7 cts (798.85 grains).
Dimensions: 71.55 x 25.90 x 18.05 mm.
An unmounted natural pearl weighing 199,7 cts.
S.S.E.F. certificate: natural pearl from a marine mollusc.
Note: This unperforated pearl, exceptional for its size and evocative shape, is one of nature's accidental wonders.
Its rarity, even in museum collections, makes it a piece worthy of the great cabinets of curiosity.
Bibliography: "Perles" Hubert Bari, David Lam, éditions Skira - book published to coincide with the exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha in 2010.
"Merveilleuses Perles" Françoise Cailles, Argus Valentines - 2006.
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