Composition "Dream Castle"
Composition "Dream Castle"
Germany, Idar-Oberstein
The 20th century
Citrine, calcite, smoky quartz, obsidian; carving, polishing, matting
Length 15.2 cm
Signed: M.Wild and E.B.
A unique combination of fantasy, lapidary work and minerology: comprising a citrine carving of a female figure as she sits and contemplates a globe carved of smoky quartz having green chlorite inclusions. The globe was reverse carved to depict a castle with towers to the interior. They rest upon a green calcite specimen, raised upon a grooved obsidian base.
Инв.2862MC613/ДПИ