Auction introduction: On 25 May, Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels will host its highly-anticipated Spring live auction, presenting more than 170 lots of extraordinary and rare treasures, ranging from exquisite jadeites, dazzling coloured and colourless diamonds, sensational rubies, emeralds and sapphires, to wondrous natural pearls. Leading the sale is an exquisite jadeite bead necklace, with 33 beads ranging from an unusually substantial size of 12.3 to 15.0 mm. Not to be missed is a selection of sensational gemstones, including sapphires from Kashmir and Burma, Burmese ‘pigeon’s blood’ rubies, Colombian Muzo emeralds and Golconda diamonds. Christie’s Hong Kong is also delighted to adorn the saleroom with an exceptional Fancy Vivid Blue colour, Internally Flawless clarity diamond ring of 3.06 carats, by Moussaieff.