interest aiew in this most ancient artisticcraft. The Chinese gem and stcnecutter of to day is working onmuch the same lines as thosefollowed by the Greek and Romanworkers in stone. He prefers tocut cameos and intaglios ratherthan to cut every beautiful stoneinto facets and get that… … -SQUIRREL EATING A MELON(CORAL) on a big trade with India in stones cut in thisfashion. The idea of the Chinese cutter when he finds astone to work on, is to cut it into some objectwhich can be worn as a charm ; and at the sametime he tries to take advantage of any defectswhich the stone, from a…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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