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Lot 8264

Rubellite Carving of a Swimming Sea Turtle

4 December 2005, 11:00 PST
Los Angeles

Sold for US$6,462.50 inc. premium

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Rubellite Carving of a Swimming Sea Turtle

By Gerd Dreher
Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Fashioned from a tremendously large-sized rough, this sea turtle is formed of high-quality, slightly purplish-pink rubellite from Brazil. Depicted in an animated pose—he swims above a coral reef, beautifully rendered with stippled texturing. The eyes are set with marquise-shaped diamonds rimmed in 18K yellow gold. Signed with monogram GD for Gerd Dreher. Measuring 3 ¾ x 4 x 1in.

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