Two Spotted Jasper Carvings: Bunny and Duck by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof


Including a spotted jasper duck, signed AG 87, with red jasper beak and feet, set atop a removable base of ruby-in-zoisite, length 4 in; together with a carved spotted jasper bunny with painted agate eyes, unsigned, length 2 1/4in. (2)
|Offered with a photocopy of an inventory list prepared February 1991 by Andreas von Zadora-Gerloff which mentions the poppy jasper duck and the bunny 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.