Lot 18
Estimate: £15,000 - £20,000
Auction: 23 October 2024 From 14:00 BST
Designed as a continuous row of 8.8-9.2mm cultured pearls with polished spacers, centrally featuring a lozenge-shaped reeded panel channel-set with courses of baguette-cut diamonds, centrally collet-set with a cushion-shaped amethyst, between brilliant-cut diamond lugs, to an octagonal clasp set with rows of similarly-cut diamonds, diamonds approximately 3.40 carats total, amethyst approx. 2.80 carats, signed Bulgari, numbered, rubbed Italian assay mark, length 38.1cm, maker's case
Necklaces from this collection featured in Bulgari's now iconic 1985-1986 "Dreams" advertising campaign. The campaign was shot by Jean-François Schlemmer and the imagery was inspired by the surrealist works of Belgian artist René Magritte (1898-1967). The campaign so encapsulated Bulgari's legacy that in recent years, Bulgari has relaunched key design elements of the "Dreams" artwork for contemporary High Jewellery collections.