Object Description
Van Cleef & Arpels diamond emerald-cut ring. Set to centre with a rectangular emerald-cut diamond, F colour, VS1 clarity, with a weight of 3.41 carats in an open back claw setting, flanked to either side with four tapered baguette cut diamonds in open back rubover settings with an approximate combined weight of 0.45 carats. The total approximate diamond weight is 3.86 carats, to a horizontal geometric design featuring curving split claws, a finely pierced open gallery and open backholing, leading to raised trumpeting shoulders and flowing through to a solid D-shape shank. Marked platinum, signed ‘VAN CLEEF ET ARPELS’, numbered ‘10249CS’, French, circa 1970, accompanied by Gemological Institute of America (GIA) report #6224452517.