Paul-Gabriel Liénard

Exhibited by A. Aardewerk

Material eighteen-carat gold and enamel

Dimensions 7.5 × 5.5 cm

Place of Creation Paris

Price Available upon inquiry

Status Vetted

About the Work

This rare lizard pendant is an exceptional work by the Parisian jeweller Paul-Gabriel Liénard. Executed in eighteen-carat gold and enamel, it depicts two lizards resting on an elongated branch. The dynamic posture of the animals and the subtle colour nuances in the enamel are particularly striking.

Their tails curl upward and meet at the loop from which the pendant is suspended. Two baroque pearls are set at the centre and at the lower edge. The piece bears Liénard’s maker’s mark and can be dated between 1905 and 1910, the short period during which his maker’s mark was registered and he produced a number of remarkable jewels as an independent jeweller.

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