Lot 3144
Quartz, Green Turquoise and Wood Carving by Dalan Hargrave--"The Mystical City"
16 June 2021, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesUS$5,000 - US$7,000
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Quartz, Green Turquoise and Wood Carving by Dalan Hargrave--"The Mystical City"
Featuring a nearly optically clear quartz crystal point originating from Switzerland. The quartz has been reverse and internally carved to depict a "Mystical City" of the future, with towers and volcanic features as well as ringed planets, comets, and three inlaid planets of opal, lapis lazuli and turquoise. Five of the six sides of the crystal have been polished to reveal the high degree of clarity, the sixth side has been left with a "natural" which forms part of the image seen from the front. The quartz is raised on a specimen of vivid green turquoise, originating from Carico Lake, Nevada, carved and highlighted with applied goldleaf. The hexagonal form base bears hexagonal incised highlights, embellished with gilding, signed Dalan for Vigoff, dated 2017. With a push button for ease of illumination permitting no cord to be necessary. When viewed through the top of the termination, an interior inlay of blue and green opal is seen, which glows red when illuminated. A stunning work of American lapidary craftsmanship. Measuring 9 x 4 x 4 in
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Offered in a custom-fitted velvet-lined wooden box.
Dalan Hargrave
Dalan Hargrave began a career as a goldsmith in 1976 after taking college courses in Arts and Metals at San Antonio Junior College. During his career he advanced from repair work to light manufacturing, mold making, gem cutting and fabricating one-of-a-kind jewelry. His design studio presently specializes in custom mountings and lapidary work and he has established a number of signature gemstone styles which are exclusively his including: GemStarz, GemHeartz, Spirographic-cuts, compound concave cuts and the 3-D Illusion series.
Hargrave only began cutting gemstones in 1998. Yet he has since received numerous "Spectrum" and "Cutting Edge Awards" from the American Gem Trade Association--a total of 22 with 3 "Best of Show"--an outstanding achievement for one so new in the field. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Rockhound/Lapidary Hall of Fame in the area of Metal Craft. Recently Hargrave received "Best of Competition" in the 2006 "Gemmys" competition sponsored by Lapidary Journal. In 2007, he received two additional "Gemmys" awards. His work has been featured before in Bonhams' Natural History auctions.
