Lapidary and Bone-carving Art

Parrot on freeform pink opal branch

    Parrot on freeform pink opal branch

    South America

    the 20th century

    Quispe Aparicio, Luis Alberto

    Ruby, tourmaline, opal, onyx, gold; carving, polishing

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    Large carving of a parrot rendered in Tanzanian ruby with pink tourmaline cabochon eyes. The gold vermeil feet rest upon a freeform specimen of pink opal in matrix from the Andes Mountains, its form reminiscent of a branch.

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    Инв.6423/ДПИ