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"Gemstones from around the World Tea Service" By Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio

7 December 2016, 10:00 PST
Los Angeles

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"Gemstones from around the World Tea Service" By Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio

A unique, yet functional tea service, this is the artist's tribute to nature: a work of gratitude for the eternal beauty carried in each stone. The centerpiece is a teapot, carved in tiger's eye, with gold vermeil mounts perched atop a platform of rock crystal quartz. Each of the 8 cups is carved from a different precious stone originating from a different continent (with the exception of Antartica). The sources of the stones are as follows: lapis lazuli, from the Kokcha Valley in Afghanistan; nephrite from the Polar Jade mine in British Columbia--an area with such extreme weather conditions that miners only have 60 days in a year to operate the mine. Ruby from the Longido mine in Tanzania, near Mount Kilimanjaro--the most famous ruby deposit in the world which was sought by men for centuries and very is very possibly the famous long lost ruby mine of King Solomon. Also featured are: Rock Crystal from Swiss alps; Chrysocolla from Whim Creek Copper mine in Western Australia; Chalcedony from The Democratic Republic of Congo; Tiger's eye and Falcon's eye from South Africa; and Turquoise from The Hubei mine in China. They each rest upon a massive Peruvian rock crystal quartz specimen. This is an exceptional offering for the impassioned lapidary collector. Measuring 24 x 24 x 10in

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