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'Purple Rain' necklace

(Brazilian (worked in England))
2001
Country of Origin, for CustomsUnited Kingdom
Medium/TechniqueGold, silver, diamond, polypropylene
DimensionsHeight 6.5 cm; Max. diameter 30 cm; internal diameter 11 cm
Credit LineGift of Tuan Lee
Accession number2019.562
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceAfter 2001, sold by Charon Kransen and Mobillia Gallery at SOFA, New York, Gallery Marzee and Gallerie Ra at Collect International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design, London, or another gallery in London to Tuan Lee, Republic of Singapore and London, England [see note]; 2019, gift of Tuan Lee to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)

NOTE:
Ms. Lee formed her collection of late-twentieth and twenty-first century jewelry, including this object, through purchases from dealers and designers in New York and London.
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