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"Blue room" necklace
Asagi Maeda (Japanese, born 1977)
Japanese
1998
Medium/Technique
Sterling silver, 18 karat gold, enamel, plastic, blue topaz
Dimensions
Height c. 19 cm; width c. 19cm
Credit Line
Gift of Tuan Lee
Accession Number2019.561
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Asia, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Bracelets and armlets
DescriptionThis neck piece acts like a picture book. Gold figurines navigate a city of sterling silver skyscrapers with a blue enamel skyline. On the back, an original story written by the artist is enameled.
Marks
Signed on clasp, Asagi, 29.3.08, .925, 18K
ProvenanceAfter 1998, 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.
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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