A GERMAN BRONZE, RED JASPER AND HARDSTONE FIGURE OF A JUNGLE PARROT.by Georg O. Wild, Idar-Oberstein, Germany. The hardstone inlaid parrot perched on a naturalistically modelled bronze tree branch; the outside is red jaspar, the wings inlaid with lapis, the beak agate, the eye moss agate, the underside of the body is inlaid in green jade, white jade and sodalite - 14 inches high. Estimate $800-1,000
Georg O. Wild is a famous stone engraver who continues a family tradition. His great-grandfather was an artisan in czarist Russia.
