Macaw
Macaw
Brazil
20th century
Sodalite, calcite, fluorite, dolomite, tourmaline, silver; carving, polishing
Height 47.3 cm
Macaw fashioned from rich blue sodalite, with yellow calcite belly and under-tail, onyx beak and throat, and pale green fluorite topknot, perched with finely detailed silver feet on a towering mass of snowy white dolomite, dramatically streaked with the distinctive purple and green of watermelon tourmaline, and scintillating in places with brilliant, glittering crystals, on a perspex base.
Инв.5697/ДПИ