Silk Road Music Collection at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s HK Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite 2019 autumn sale highlighting The Dunhuang Pipa Necklace
Designed and mounted by Anna Hu, Set with a 100.02 carat Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond, estimated of HK$40-50 million or US$5-6.25 million.
Exhibition to be held during October 3 & to run up to October 6 & Auction scheduled on October 7 at Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong is thrilled to collaborate with Chinese haute joallierie artist, Anna Hu to offer her latest jewellery creations, titled Silk Road Music Collection, at its Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Autumn Sale. Specially commissioned for this collaboration, the collection features five jewellery pieces inspired by the musical and cultural exchanges that took place in the Silk Road - an ancient trade route connecting the East and West dating back thousands of years.
Leading the collection is The Dunhuang Pipa Necklace, designed and mounted by Anna Hu, set with a 100.02-carat fancy intense yellow diamond, which will go under the hammer on 7 October in Hong Kong.
Yvonne Chu, Acting Head of Department, Jewellery, Sotheby’s, comments: “We are excited to present the latest jewellery creations by the talented contemporary jewellery artist Anna Hu, who has transformed top quality gemstones into inspirational jewellery masterpieces. The Dunhuang Pipa necklace is one of the most important jewellery pieces on offer this season. ”
Anna Hu, artist of the Silk Road Music Collection, comments: “It is absolutely a pleasure to collaborate with Sotheby’s on this project, and be given the opportunity to work with the 100.02 carat yellow diamond, which is a true gift from nature. I want this collection to speak to my Chinese root, and I thought the beauty of jewels could be enhanced with a touch of the traditional yet exotic music that once flowed through the Silk Road.”
Anna Hu seeks design inspirations from her passion for music and western art. A beautiful blend of the Eastern and Western aesthetics, Hu’s jewellery design is imbued with musicality, in which shapes and lines of the pieces often resembles the fluid movements of music. Her brand is known for creating one-of-a-kind pieces with rare gemstones, crafted by skilled French-trained artisans.
The Silk Road Music collection is led by The Dunhuang Pipa Necklace, designed and mounted by Anna Hu, set with an impressive 100.02-carat fancy intense yellow diamond. Touched by the culture from Silk Road, Hu took inspiration from an imagery of a lady playing the pipa (a four-stringed Chinese lute) depicted on the Dunhuang murals, to conjure the silhouette of this necklace which resembles a Chinese Pipa attached to lines of western staff that flows gracefully along the neckline. Transformable into a brooch and an earring, the necklace is designed for modern-day women who appreciate intricate designs with a versatile twist.
