CHAPTER 2 The Pearl Banks 03 / 12

The Season of the Great Banks

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Deeper than anyone dared

Our divers descend thirty fathoms to the oldest oyster beds, where the rarest lustre waits in silence.

2

Months at sea, seconds at the table

A single haul spends four months aboard the dhow before the first pearl reaches the grading room.

3

Three generations of the eye

Bahrain’s master sorters learned from their fathers, who learned from theirs — a lineage of discernment.

4

One provenance, reef to register

Every lot carries a stamped certificate traceable to the exact bank and month of harvest.

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