Lapis Lazuli Macheli Table Top Globe Inlaid Semiprecious Gemstones

Description

Macheli Tabletop Inlaid Semi Precious Gemstone World Map Globe Rotating on Its Stand
This unique blue jasper gemstone globe is in very good condition but there are some small scratches on the eastern part of the USA.
It is painstakingly handcrafted by the most talented artist by using more than 30 different semi-precious gemstones from all over the world! The makers of this globe have used large amounts of blue jasper that is pulverized and mixed with a epoxy and poured to make the ocean part of the globe.This is a huge amount of striking and dramatic hand-crafted stone work. This Blue Jasper globe is built with the beautiful heavy stand into which the globe has been carefully mounted.Each country is inlaid from a different stone, and the stones are individually cut and ground to exacting interlocking shapes, polished and set into this exquisite piece of art with care and attention to adjacencies.The elements of the globe are created out of lapis lazuli, mother of pearl, amethyst, African jade, tiger's eye, jasper, turquoise, purple quartz, onyx, unakite, abalone, green marble and many other beautifully hued and richly veined stones. The latitude and longitude lines are very thin ribbons of polished brass, embedded through the globe. Each globe requires ten individual steps to compose and it takes more that 500 hours of labor to complete! This globe is 11" high and is 9" in diameter It is over 2 lbs of solid beauty.