{"id":10437,"date":"2022-07-08T12:40:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T10:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/?p=10437"},"modified":"2022-07-08T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T10:44:53","slug":"messika-takes-us-to-ancient-egypt-for-its-high-jewelry-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/messika-takes-us-to-ancient-egypt-for-its-high-jewelry-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Messika takes us to Ancient Egypt for its High-Jewelry collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p>Dive into the heart of ancient Egypt with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.messika.com\/ci_fr\/haute-joaillerie\/collections\/beyond-the-light\">Beyond The Light<\/a>\u201d, the new High-Jewelry collection from French jeweler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.messika.com\/\">Messika<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Collection that the jeweler promises as an eternal radiance, this new collection offers a <strong>marriage between gold and diamond<\/strong> in their most beautiful cases. \u201c<em>A magical odyssey where passion, boldness and excellence compose, with virtuosity, a bewitching and majestic collection<\/em>\u201d underlines <strong>Messika<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This jewelry line was imagined by <strong>Val\u00e9rie Messika<\/strong>, founder, CEO and artistic director of the eponymous house. True to the Parisian savoir-faire and the identity of the house, she has combined <strong>ancient Egyptian travel with the purity of the lines and finesse of diamonds<\/strong> to create sumptuous and unique sets, rings and earrings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Divided into four distinct worlds, each <strong><em>Beyond The Light<\/em><\/strong> sub-collection has a masterpiece that shines through the precious gems that are affixed to it: <strong>an exceptional set<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em>Akh-Ba-Ka<\/em>, the flagship chapter of this High-Jewelry collection<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In ancient Egypt, the KA symbolizes vital energy, the BA the flight to the beyond and the AKH, the transfiguration of a person to the light. Thus <strong><em>Akh-Ba-Ka<\/em><\/strong> reveals itself as a new breath and a renewal, which tells the story of an ancient transcendence and which naturally echoes the history of the Messika house, symbol of a transmission between generations of a unique know-how.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1380px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/messika.cdn-tech.io\/media\/wysiwyg\/messika-akh-ba-ka-mosaique-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1380\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Messika<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With wings as its emblem, <em>Akh-Ba-Ka<\/em> presents a rich range of jewels sublimated by remarkable diamonds. The centerpiece of the collection, <strong>the <em>Akh-Ba-Ka<\/em> set<\/strong>, impresses with its ancient Egyptian-inspired design and features <strong>a 33-carat diamond<\/strong> <strong>at its center surrounded by 15 gems, white gold and a bouquet of many smaller diamonds. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/messika.cdn-tech.io\/media\/wysiwyg\/messika-beyond-the-light-banner-mobile-1-bis.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond the Light \u2013 Haute Joaillerie Messika\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Akh-Ba-Ka <\/em>set. \u00a9 Messika<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the necklace alone has <strong>2,550 diamonds<\/strong>, reinterprets the mythical Egyptian winged scarab, and required <strong>more than 1,000 hours of work<\/strong>, where 4 to 5 full-time jewelers took turns for 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-10437-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/messika-savoir-faire-video-x.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/messika-savoir-faire-video-x.mp4\">https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/messika-savoir-faire-video-x.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Golden Shield, Divine Enigma <\/em><\/strong><strong>and<em> Move Iconica<\/em><\/strong>, the other three sub-collections of the line, all three once again feature diamonds, albeit married to brilliant <strong>yellow gold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1380px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/messika.cdn-tech.io\/media\/wysiwyg\/messika-golden-shield-mosaique-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1380\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pieces from the<em> Golden Shield <\/em>sub-collection<em>. <\/em>\u00a9 Messika<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Again in homage to <strong>ancient Egypt<\/strong>, Messika wanted to play with geometric and architectural lines while emphasizing the suppleness and flexibility of exceptional High-Jewelry pieces.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Divine Enigma<\/em>&#8216;s flagship piece, its transformable set, combines the extreme brilliance of diamonds with the incandescence of yellow gold to give the choice of being worn with or without a stone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 4386px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/messika.cdn-tech.io\/media\/wysiwyg\/messika-beyond-the-light-banner-3-bis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4386\" height=\"2000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Divine Enigma <\/em>set. \u00a9 Messika<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Beyond The Light<\/em> collection was created to be worn on a daily basis as well as in the evening and to perfectly match every movement. The pieces are <strong>freed from traditional codes to sublimate the woman and become one with her. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read also &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/high-jewelry-an-ode-to-history-and-architecture-for-the-new-cartier-and-gucci-collections\/?lang=en\">HIGH-JEWELRY: AN ODE TO HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE FOR THE NEW CARTIER AND GUCCI COLLECTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo : \u00a9 Messika<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dive into the heart of ancient Egypt with \u201cBeyond The Light\u201d, the new High-Jewelry collection from French jeweler Messika.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"%%post_title%% %%sep%% %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"Dive into the heart of ancient Egypt with \u201cBeyond The Light\u201d, the new High-Jewelry collection from French jeweler Messika.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"Beyond The Light,High-Jewelry,collection,messika,jeweler,french,france,luxury,Akh-ba-ka,divine enigma,set,diamonds,gold,ancient Egypt","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-en","category-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}