Lot Essay
The model was first created in 1947, under the name of 'Arabic Sautoir' and was produced until the 1970s as the 'Muslim Prayer-bead' necklace.
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Details
A 'MUSLIM PRAYER-BEAD' GOLD NECKLACE, BY CARTIER
The long gold bead chain enhanced by larger fluted gold beads, three of them suspending three knots, to the openwork ropework pendant surmounted by a gold drop inscribed on both sides with the name of Allah, 1970s, 50.5 cm
Signed Cartier, no. 05760
The long gold bead chain enhanced by larger fluted gold beads, three of them suspending three knots, to the openwork ropework pendant surmounted by a gold drop inscribed on both sides with the name of Allah, 1970s, 50.5 cm
Signed Cartier, no. 05760
Literature
N. Coleno, Etourdissant Cartier, la création depuis 1937, Editions du Regard, Paris, 2008, p. 138
F. Chaille, The Cartier Collection: Jewelry, Editions Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p. 11 and p. 289
F. Chaille, The Cartier Collection: Jewelry, Editions Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p. 11 and p. 289