Light Citrine Quartz Bowl By Helmut Wolf

Light Citrine Quartz Bowl By Helmut Wolf Idar-Oberstein, Germany Carved from a single boulder of highly transparent light citrine quartz, this highly aesthetic bowl exhibits an undulating rim which is slightly everted, raised on a small foot. The thinness of the sides which allows maximum transparency and bears evidence to the high clarity of the quartz, unsigned. Measuring 6 x 5 x 3 in Footnotes: Helmut Wolf A third generation gem carver, Wolf trained at the 'Weiherschleife' Institute of Idar-Oberstein, which emphasized ancient traditions of gem cutting and still employed historical water-wheel driven grinding machines. At the age of 28, after setting up his own workshop, Wolf began to leave the traditional ways of forming gem vessels behind in order to carve his own creative path. His work comprises items that have both matte and polished surfaces, cut extremely thin, often allowing for the natural 'crust' or rind of the specimen to be an element of the design. But the road leading to an artistically formed vessel is an arduous one and to hold a completed vessel in one's hand with a finely shaped rim, to strike it with a thumbnail and hear a clear tone or resonance fill the room is still a goal that fills him with joy when he has successfully achieved it. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing