细节
A TOURMALINE AND CITRINE BUST
The green tourmaline bust of Zeus in profile with mother-of-pearl helmet surmounted by a modeled figure of a dragon, on a green tourmaline socle set with mine-cut brilliants supported by four snails upon a base of citrine occluded with internal "rain" symbolizing his attribute as the God of the Sky carved with four portrait panels depicting Zeus' children Hercules, Perseus, Apollo, and Dionysus--5½in. (14cm.) high
The green tourmaline bust of Zeus in profile with mother-of-pearl helmet surmounted by a modeled figure of a dragon, on a green tourmaline socle set with mine-cut brilliants supported by four snails upon a base of citrine occluded with internal "rain" symbolizing his attribute as the God of the Sky carved with four portrait panels depicting Zeus' children Hercules, Perseus, Apollo, and Dionysus--5½in. (14cm.) high