Carved White Opal Owl on a Boulder Opal Base by Manfred Wild

Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A mid-sized cabinet piece, carved from a single piece of gem quality white opal having excellent play-of-color, weighing approximately 521.5 carats, with gold talons and gold rimmed reverse painted agate eyes, raised on a two-piece base of Queensland, Australian boulder opal, displaying multi-color fire of opalization to the face, the polished back, signed with monogram M.Wild for Manfred Wild and EB for Emil Becker. Height 6 in