The Golconda Blue, the largest known vivid blue diamond with origins in India, has been pulled from its scheduled auction at Christie’s in Geneva on May 14. According to reports, the diamond’s owner has chosen to sell it privately within the family instead.
Originally set to be the star of Christie’s Magnificent Jewels sale, the 23.24-carat pear-shaped diamond has a rich history. It was once owned by Yeshwant Rao Holkar, the Maharaja of Indore. In 1923, his father commissioned the French luxury jewelry house Chaumet to set the diamond in a bracelet. In the 1930s, Yeshwant Rao entrusted Mauboussin to place the stone in a necklace featuring Indore Pears. This necklace was famously worn by the Maharani of Indore for a portrait by French artist Bernard Boutet.
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