Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

16 Amethyst and gold fringe necklace, designed by Vladimir Tretchikoff designed as a graduated fringe of articulated arrow-shaped amethysts of various cuts, suspended from a herring-bone chain embellished with claw-set round-cut amethysts, the central drop composed of three pear-shaped and a round-cut amethyst, length approximately 400mm R60 000–70 000 PROVENANCE The Tretchikoff Family Private Collection According to Boris Gorelik, acknowledged Tretchikoff expert and author of Incredible Tretchikoff : Life of an Artist and Adventurer : “Also exhibited at Birmingham was this necklace of amethyst crystals, which Tretchikoff had designed for his wife, Nathalie. It was crafted by a professional jeweller in Cape Town based on Tretchikoff’s original sketches. The crystals were part of the rock that had been used to produce the Fish of Amethyst (see lot 595) . According to Nathalie, her husband was so immersed in the process of designing this item that he used to stay in his studio until early in the morning. Sometimes, he brought the gems along to the bedroom so that he could get new ideas in the middle of the night”. 20