METAL: 18k (750) yellow gold (customs mark)
DIAMONDS: circular-cut diamonds with an approximate total weight of 2.2-2.4 carats
COLORED SAPPHIRES: oval-cut colored sapphires with a total weight of 4.67 carats
MARKS: signed Gaelle Khouri

SIZE/DIMENSIONS: 4.9 x 2.4 cm
GROSS WEIGHT: 19.38 grams

GAELLE KHOURI is represented by Second Petale Gallery for this auction

One of the top-notch rapidly rising talents on the international jewellery scene, Gaëlle Khouri. She has had many lives that have nurtured her and organically led to her destiny: jewellery. Growing up in Tripoli, an academic city in Lebanon, graduating as a professional economist in New York, then doing business development internships at Oscar de la Renta and Elie Saab, all these experiences shaped her vision and edged her desire to create jewellery that would sharpen senses, stimulate reflection.

As a philosopher, Gaëlle's work reflects on the notion of beauty and the way we perceive it. Is it through the innate knowledge or past life experiences and a range of memories? Her stimulus is both intellectual and emotional, inviting us to rise above the contradictions and decide for ourselves.
She highlights that the undeniable truth remains that the concept of beauty is a concept that can never be fully grasped. Her works generously offer us that delicious feeling that makes the wearer feel special, initiated, connected to a mystery of the universe.

For the Auction, we have selected the "LA RÉFRACTION" earrings from the "Repertoire of Forms" collection,- her new series of works "LA TRAHISON DE L'OBJET".
"RÉPERTOIRE DE FORMES" explores the idea of Form, both a philosophical idea and an aesthetic object, far from a simplistic vision.

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