It’s hard to find a culture whose adornments don’t include symbols of marine life. From the twin golden fish of Jainism and the nearly 4,000-year-old turquoise-and-gold catfish charm unearthed in Egypt’s Middle Kingdom to the lustreware guppies fashioned by the 20th-century American ceramist Beatrice Wood, the image of the fish, shimmering boldly in the light of the sun or moon, has embodied both the ephemeral and the eternal. Now Chopard, the Swiss jewellery house founded in 1860, has created a necklace with a pendant made to resemble a pair of koi in white and rose gold accented with titanium. Inlaid with onyx, rubies, diamonds and sapphires in shades of yellow and orange, they’re surrounded by huge pear-shaped aquamarines, as though the sea, once again, had offered them up in celebration.
chopard.com Chopard Animal World Collection necklace, price on request.
