Beautiful Pendray knife as well as the price!!

[Antonio Cejunior]

Originally Posted by tsubame1

I wonder what Antonio thinks about this matter...

I'm flattered to suddenly see my name here, Marco.
I'm no authority on Russian art and won't claim authority on anything

IMO, however, I do have my personal taste reservations on overly decorated art pieces such as Fabergé Eggs



and cloisonée work




as I think that they belong to a very specific expression that is not to my personal taste.

Presently there is an exhibition at the Museum, called Edictus Ridiculumby a friend, Russian artist Konstantin Bessmertny which is a fantastic example of irony and criticism on the world of Gambling, the Kitsch of getting Pharaohs, Zeus sculptures on a city dominated by Casinos which inevitably do refer to the theatrical and the ridiculous. I wish you guys could see this fantastic exhibition for what it represents. He is a 20th ~21st century Bosch or Breughel.

The entire exhibition is an installation which poses us the question of what is taste and what is the excess of it.

So I will not comment on the piece specifically as it is someone else's work.

[tsubame1]

Hi Antonio. Honestly I was referring to the belittling of
modern made artworks that was too strong in the replies (IMHO),
and not suggesting you're for the overdecorated ones.
I know your taste is quiet far from "Barocco Siciliano",
as is mine...

[Rick]

Hi Carlo,
Those stones are Garnets; were they quality rubies it would be worth the price for the stones alone .

I chipped this raw Garnet out of a quartz boulder here in New England.

[Antonio Cejunior]

Originally Posted by tsubame1

Hi Antonio. Honestly I was referring to the belittling of
modern made artworks that was too strong in the replies (IMHO),
and not suggesting you're for the overdecorated ones.
I know your taste is quiet far from "Barocco Siciliano",
as is mine...

Hi Marco,

I'm sorry if I did not get it.
I think some replies extrapolate from your original post.
It is a risk.