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Lot 8269

Gemstone Carving of Mickey Mouse—“The Sorcerer's Apprentice”

4 December 2005, 11:00 PST
Los Angeles

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Gemstone Carving of Mickey Mouse—“The Sorcerer's Apprentice”

By George Brandt
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Retailed by Asprey and Company, London

Disney's 1940 Fantasia was a dizzying, magical, and highly enjoyable marriage of classical music and animated images. It is from this celebrated film that this character of Mickey Mouse has been brought to life through the use of various carved minerals. Mickey’s cap is formed of lapis lazuli with 18K gold applied decoration of moon and stars. His ears are onyx, the gloves white agate, the whites of the eyes are Australian white opal, the robe is red jasper, his broom is translucent quartz and the broomstick handle of jasper as are the bucket and the shoes. The figure is embellished with 18K yellow gold decoration and raised on a circular base formed of natural black Russian obsidian. Signed with monogram GB and numbered 007. Offered in a custom-fitted presentation box bearing the insignia of by Asprey and Company, London. Height 4 ½ in.

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