Christie's, Hong Kong, May 2011

Lot 3279 A Stunning Ruby Necklace

Suspending an oval-shaped ruby weighing 10.02 carats, joined to the neckchain set with a series of twenty-three graduated cushion and oval-shaped rubies weighing a total of 43.74 carats, interspersed by smaller cushion-shaped rubies weighing a total of 11.19 carats, mounted in 18k yellow gold, 42.0 cm long

Accompanied by report no. GRS2010-082060 dated 18 August 2010 from the Gem Research Swiss Lab stating that the forty-eight rubies weighing a total of 64.95 carats are of Burma (Myanmar) origin, vivid red colour (GRS type "pigeon's blood"), with no indication of thermal treatment