Guillaume Brochard knew he was right to bet on the Japanese market when the diamond-encrusted pandas sold out in a day.
The five sparkling figurines – 6cm high and sporting 15 carats of diamonds and a €19,000 ($29,963) price tag – were made exclusively for sale in Japan by Qeelin, the Franco-Chinese jeweller founded five years ago by Mr Brochard and his Hong Kong-based designer, Dennis Chan.
