UN AUTOMNE A PEKIN

The new "UN AUTOMNE A PEKIN" (Autumn in Beijing) collection by Parisian designer, Lydia Courteille, is inspired by Feng Shui, and is populated with grasshoppers, fish, frogs and dragons, each symbolizing luck, wealth, prosperity and longevity. The designer also uses architecture, textiles and the clothing from this ancient culture as motifs for her latest collection of fine jewelry. Evoking a culture and traditions firmly rooted in the care of the ancestors, Lydia Courteille has, in her own way, revisited symbols found on ancient pottery, among them, bats flying through peach trees painted on porcelain symbolizing wealth and prosperity. A few examples are below. (LydiaCourteille.com)

Earrings in 18K black rhodium gold, rubies, yellow sapphires, blue sapphires, tsavorites, ice jade and hauynites.

Earrings in 18K black rhodium gold, white and black diamonds, 97 fancy sapphires, ice jade and chalcedony.

Earrings 18K black rhodium gold, purple sapphires, tsavorites, blue sapphires, yellow sapphires, green jade and black diamonds.

Ring 18K black rhodium gold, black diamonds, yellow sapphires, onyx, amber, rock crystal and enamel.

Ring in 18K black rhodium gold, ice jade, yellow sapphires, amethyst, onyx, rubies, brown diamonds and tsavorites.

Earrings in 18K black rhodium gold, diamonds, rubies, blue and yellow sapphires, tsavorites, ice jade and rubellites.