The collection is inspired by various hues and forms of lotus and has utilised the unique french enameling technique known as Plique-`a-jour .
A fancy vivid blue, internally flawless, cushion-shaped diamond, weighing 7.03 carats, sold at the Sotheby’s Geneva auction on 12 May, was named as ‘Star of Josephine’, by its buyer Mr. Joseph Lau Luen-Hung. The diamond was bought for US$9.48 million, creating a world record of price per carat for any gemstone at auction and world record price for a fancy vivid blue diamond at auction. %% The exceptional blue diamond was cut from a 26.58 carat rough discovered in 2008 at Petra Diamonds’ Cullinan diamond mine. It ranks amongst the most important diamonds ever to be offered for sale by Sotheby’s.
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