Natural Art Design Polychrome Jasper Vortex – Flame Sculpture - Height: 218 mm - Width: 100 mm- 2139 g

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Description from the seller

Carved from a single block of Madagascar multicolored jasper, this flame-shaped vortex seems to carry the movement of the Earth into the polished edges. The surfaces, polished until almost liquid, alternate smoky transparencies with solid swaths of red, ochre, and brown: a natural mosaic that tells the slow sedimentation of oxides, silicas, and minerals distributed in irregular layers, then reunited into a single mineral architecture. The ascending spiral shape is not merely an aesthetic choice: it amplifies the intrinsic nature of the multicolored jasper, a mineral known for its rooted energy and, at the same time, for its ability to “open” the gaze to broader planes. The tight curves, the edges, the inclined planes, and the shallow cavities seem to follow a precise direction: from bottom to top, like a flame that tightens, twists and then rises.

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Carved from a single block of Madagascar multicolored jasper, this flame-shaped vortex seems to carry the movement of the Earth into the polished edges. The surfaces, polished until almost liquid, alternate smoky transparencies with solid swaths of red, ochre, and brown: a natural mosaic that tells the slow sedimentation of oxides, silicas, and minerals distributed in irregular layers, then reunited into a single mineral architecture. The ascending spiral shape is not merely an aesthetic choice: it amplifies the intrinsic nature of the multicolored jasper, a mineral known for its rooted energy and, at the same time, for its ability to “open” the gaze to broader planes. The tight curves, the edges, the inclined planes, and the shallow cavities seem to follow a precise direction: from bottom to top, like a flame that tightens, twists and then rises.

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Details

Main mineral
Natural Art Design
Mineral form
Polychrome Jasper Vortex – Flame Sculpture
Weight
2139 g
Country of origin
Madagascar
Height
218 mm
Width
100 mm
Depth
75 mm
ItalyVerified
13740
Objects sold
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