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Lot 4393
Multi-gemstone Intarsia Box
16 May 2018, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesSold for US$2,000 inc. premium
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Multi-gemstone Intarsia Box
Made in Florence, Italy
Giving the illusion of being a gemstone "Rubil's cube", the present box is fabricated of black onyx and inlaid with yellow jasper lines, and circular pattern of different minerals such as: lapis lazuli, red jasper, rhodochrosite, malachite, rhodonite, tiper's eye quartz and banded agate. The hinged lid opens to reveal a black onyx lined interior. Measuring 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in
Giving the illusion of being a gemstone "Rubil's cube", the present box is fabricated of black onyx and inlaid with yellow jasper lines, and circular pattern of different minerals such as: lapis lazuli, red jasper, rhodochrosite, malachite, rhodonite, tiper's eye quartz and banded agate. The hinged lid opens to reveal a black onyx lined interior. Measuring 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in

