OP-S-0009
Shown actual proportions, enlarged
6.21 ct Kashmir sapphire
Cushion, Padar. No indications of heating.
By appointment|Price on request
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- Variety
- Sapphire
- Weight
- 6.21 ct
- Shape
- Cushion
- Cut
- Antique mixed cut
- Dimensions
- 11.02 × 9.93 × 6.45 mm
- Colour
- Cornflower blue, velvety
- Clarity
- Fine silk, sleepy
- Treatment
- No indications of heating
- Origin
- Kashmir, Padar
- Provenance
- Private collection
Historic deposit, worked 1881 to 1887.
Laboratory reports
SSEFReport 129916, 2026
Natural sapphire, no indications of heating, origin Kashmir
GübelinReport 26010509, 2026
Natural sapphire, no indications of heating, origin Kashmir, with appendix letter
The original report accompanies the stone. A copy is sent on request.
Notes
The Padar deposit produced sapphires for six years in the 1880s and then nothing. What remains passes between collections. This cushion has the silky, slightly sleepy blue that defines the origin, confirmed by two laboratories, with a Gübelin appendix. It is shown by appointment only.
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