Adam's Fine Jewellery & Watches 14th May 2024
43 AMANDA TRIOSSI • MA, FGA amanda@triossi.com • www.triossi.com • @amandatriossi Via del Velabro 4 A • 00186 Roma • Tel +39 339 875 00 41 To whom it may concern This is to state that, in my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, the above illustrated “Serpent” bracelet-watch in gold, the body formed of graduated scale-like elements decorated with guilloché reddish-brown enamel and opaque black and white enamel, the hinged head with pear-shaped diamond eyes, signed “BVLGARI”, was manufactured for and retailed by Bulgari in the 1960s and that the Vacheron-Constantin watch is original to the bracelet. Length approximately 56 cm; weighing 196 grams. The above illustrated “Serpent” bracelet-watch with its polychrome enamel decoration is an iconic Bulgari design. For similar examples and designs: cf. Fasel, M., BVLAGARI, Serpenti Collection, Paris, 2013 cf. Exhibition Catalogue: BVLGARI, 125 Years of Italian Magnificence Grand Palais, Milan, 2010, curated by A. Triossi, cat. nos. 417-425 and pp. 214-217 Amanda Triossi MA FGA Author and Specialist on Bulgari Curator of the Bulgari Heritage Collection from 1997 to 2015 Curator of all major Bulgari Retrospective Exhibitions from 2009 to 2013 Rome, April 11 th 2024
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