Fluorite Bowl with Pyrite Rim by Gerhard Becker


Circa 1990Idar-Oberstein, Germany This unusual bowl is exemplary for two reasons, the association of fluorite with pyrite is not frequently seen and the bowl demonstrates the height of bowl-making in the lapidary arts...the ability to contemplate the rough and decide what to make from it and how to best position the object to use the material. In this case, the pyrite portion forms a natural border around the edge. Such imaginative use of rough in the art of bowl making is not found in any other location than Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Measuring 12 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 3 15/16in (31.5 x 31 x 10cm)
|Purchased from the Frederick August Becker Gallery, Idar-Oberstein, Germany.