Smoky Quartz Carving of a Rabbit with Carrot on Rose Quartz Base by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof


Carved from a single piece of light smoky quartz with naturalistic texturing to the fur. Two pink tourmaline cabochons form the eyes and the rabbit holds a pink rhodonite carrot with nephrite leaves. Raised on a removable circular base of rose quartz, unsigned but listed in an inventory prepared for the family by Zadora-Gerlof, dated February 1991. Height overall 7 1/4 in.
|Offered with a photocopy of an inventory list prepared February 1991 by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof which mentions the smoky quartz rabbit carving as being his work.Andreas von Zadora-GerlofCanadian-born artist Baron Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, is a master of the stone carving art called Glyptography. Known simply as Zadora, the Baron is famous among an elite circle for creating naturalistic animal carvings and timepieces. His career in Decorative Arts has paralleled those of the historic ateliers of Johan Melchior Dinglinger, Benvenuto Cellini and Peter Carl Fabergé rather than any modern day jeweler. His private relationships with his patrons throughout the world make him a unique contributor to contemporary art history, undoubtedly influential, although rarely in public view.The first American exhibition of the artist's work was presented at the Forbes Magazine Galleries in New York in 1992 and his works have also been exhibited at the Park Avenue Armory for the benefit of the Wildlife Conservation.