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Elegant Vintage Cufflinks With Lapis Lazuli in Gold, Circa 1980


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Elegant Vintage Cufflinks With Lapis Lazuli in Gold, Circa 1980
Elegant Vintage Cufflinks With Lapis Lazuli in Gold, Circa 1980
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Gold and lapis lazuli are a classic combination that is particularly popular for men's jewellery. This pair of cufflinks is a fine example of this, combining high-carat yellow gold with squares of polished lapis lazuli. Lapis lazuli has been prized for its unique colour since ancient times. The stone, which has been mined in the mountains of Afghanistan since ancient times, is not only used for jewellery but is just as often ground up and used as a precious pigment for painting. Artists such as Giotto and Michelangelo used ground lapis lazuli for their incomparable masterpieces, whose blue inspires with its fresh luminosity centuries later. Michael Baxandall, in his famous book The Reality of Images. Painting and Experience in Renaissance Italy, Michael Baxandall described how artists and clients in Renaissance Florence had detailed contracts drawn up specifying how much lapis lazuli pigment was to be used for the Madonna's mantle in a fresco, for example. As the pigment was so extraordinarily expensive, its purchase represented a large part of the expenditure for the work, sometimes costing more money than the artist received for his work. A total of four of these special gemstones are used here. Their rectangular design defines the shape of the display sides; the framing in high-carat gold is striking and simple. Two bars lead to practical hinged toggles that make it easy to put on the cufflinks. The buttons, which were created around 1980, are in very good condition. We discovered the pair in Koblenz.
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Elegant Vintage Cufflinks With Lapis Lazuli in Gold, Circa 1980
Clear Edges
€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
Unit price €1,290.00 / piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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