The Grand Phoenix, spectacular necklace of diamonds and rubies by Faidee.
There are specializations boring, repetitive, alienating. But there are specializations that are exciting, stimulating, creative. This is the case of Faidee, a name that is associated with a color: red. Faidee, in fact, it is specialized in one stone, the ruby. He manages to find the most colorful gems, impressive and, of course, expensive. At Baselworld, the company presented The Grand Phoenix, a necklace that consists of 24 jewels pigeon blood for 59.83 carats, with colorless 100.21 carats diamonds, D color and FL clarity. The necklace is composed with diamonds pear cut or marquise compounds around the rubies as if they were open wings of the mythological bird rising from the ashes. “The Great Phoenix is an outstanding masterpiece: a flawless rubies collection covering over four generations. Finding a single ruby of this caliber is a daunting task, but with our passion and desire to excel beyond perfection, we were able to cut a milestone ever achieved in the history of jewelry, “explained the Maison Director, Ravi Lunia. The series will be shown in Monte-Carlo from the historic Stardust jeweler, at Hotel Hermitage, Salon Belle Epoque in August 2017 (1-21 August).
The necklace is not the first amazing piece of Faidee, boasting more than a century old. It was founded by Roop Chand Lunia, also known as the King of Burmese rubies. His grandson, Rajeev Lunia, is now head of the family. Christie’s and Sotheby’s have sold jewelry from the private collection of Faidee at record prices: Ratnaraj ruby, with a 10.5-carat stone and diamonds was sold for 10.2 million dollars, the Mogok’s Fiery Red in September was sold for 10.3 million, and the ruby and diamond necklace the Red Emperor was sold at Sotheby’s for 9.9 million, a world record. Federico Graglia
