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MODERN MARVEL A BLUE PYTHON HIGH JEWELRY SUITE SLITHERS WITH THE ELEGANCE AND FLUIDITY OF ITS NAMESAKE. BLUE SAPPHIRES AND DIAMONDS MIMIC THE PATTERN OF A PYTHON'S SKIN. N ature's role as the ultimate muse is celebrated in Harry Winston's new high jewelry collection, Marvelous Creations. Nature's inspiring patterns and brilliant creations found on land, in the skies, in the water, and deep within the earth are transformed into fantastical designs. One necklace borrows the pattern of a python's skin, exquisitely executed with blue sapphires alongside diamonds, setting off a blue sapphire teardrop. The complementary timepiece slithers effortlessly along the wrist with hand-cut tapered baguette diamonds, with varying shades of blue sapphires surrounding the dial. Bejeweled birds in flight are cast in six brooches, including a black-necked crane in hand-carved onyx with diamond-cluster wings, captured mid-flight, while a diamond-and- ruby brooch is inspired by the graceful undulations of a betta fish. Asterism, the natural and mystical occurrence of a star-shaped motif on a stone's surface, is honored with four one-of-a- kind rings, including a 4.91-carat star ruby set with round brilliant and marquise-shaped diamonds and a 13.48-carat star sapphire set within classic Winston diamond motifs. The collection recently made its stateside debut in Houston and will be on view through Thursday, June 23, at the Harry Winston boutique. Harry Winston, River Oaks District, 4444 Westheimer Road, harrywinston.com. Anne Lee Phillips Harry Winston Blue Magpie brooch from the Marvelous Creations Collection with cabochon tourmaline, blue sapphires, rubellite, and diamonds, set in platinum Harry Winston Blue Python necklace from the Marvelous Creations Collection with blue sapphires and diamonds, set in platinum 22