A new exhibition of jewelry, cameos and artifacts carved from gemstones opened at the Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum in Ramat Gan, Israel. Entitled “And thou shalt breathe life into a gem”, the exhibition is based on the work of master carvers in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, and is the result of cooperation with the Deutsches Edelsteinmuseum there.
The exhibition encompasses a vast range of sculptures, objets d’art, cameos, jewelry and utensils, comprising about 150 items valued at approximately one million dollars. It includes cameos, animals, human figures, flowers, fruits and sweets — all carved from gems, yet remarkably lifelike. A wide variety of gemstones have been used – agate, carnelian, tourmaline, amethyst, quartz, rose quartz, chalcedony, onyx, ruby emeralds and sapphires.
| Double head gods cameo, made of layer agate by Wilhelm Leyser |
The exhibition started on September 7, 2010 and will be open till the end of December 2010.
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