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Knots, Spirals, and the Symbolic Power of Celtic Art

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During the Iron Age (500 BCE – 100 CE), spiral designs became increasingly elaborate, integrating with other motifs and appearing on pottery, jewelry and metalwork. Fine jewelry is one of the most prominent examples – where intricate Celtic knotwork often sits alongside diamonds, emeralds and sapphires for timeless appeal.

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'The Golconda Blue' Could Make Auction History at Christie's Geneva This May

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Its royal provenance can be traced back to Yeshwant Rao Holkar, the Maharaja of Indore, a style icon of the 1920s and 1930s, whose passion for fine jewelry led him to work with design houses, such as Chaumet, Mauboussin and Harry Winston. million sale of the 14.62-carat million sale of the 15.10-carat