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ALUMINIUM AND GOLD ‘VIOLET’
EARCLIPS, JAR
Each designed as a sculpted purple aluminium ‘Violet’
blossom with an 18K gold clip‒back
Maker’s marks seen on the reverse of the earrings and
French gold assay marks seen on the clip
Dimensions: 3 x 3 cm
Accompanied with a JAR earrings pouch
$ 6,760 ‒ 9,460
Rs 5,00,000 ‒ 7,00,000
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Joel Arthur Rosenthal, popularly known as JAR, is one of the world’s best known and most sought‒after contemporary jewellery
designers, often referred to as “the Fabergé of our time.” Born in New York, he has been based in Paris since 1966, and has had
an atelier in Place Vendôme since 1978. He is known for his exquisite designs, stunning sense of colour, and finely‒wrought pavé
settings. JAR’s creations are distinctive;
“he has never been about enormous gems (though he does use them), but rather colour
and shading. His favourite stones come in “red, violet, pink and green”...” (JAR quoted in Vanessa Friedman, “Lunch with the FT:
Joel Arthur Rosenthal,”
Financial Times
, 2013, online)
In 2013, he became the first living jeweller to be granted a retrospective at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
“Everyone told me it wouldn’t work: I couldn’t use old cut diamonds, I
couldn’t use pink topaz, no one would want them. But I didn’t care what
a stone was, just that it was beautiful.”
– JAR