This carving is a profile done on quartz crystal. This one has no "mythological" story - it is a youth that captures both innocence and beauty. QUARTZ PROFILE measures 1 & 7/8th inches long and 2 & 1/8th inches wide.Price: $4,500
This carving is of the Greek god "Pan", done on "blue tiger eye" .
PAN measures 2 & 3/16th inches long x 1 & 1/2 inches wide at the top and 1 inch wide at the bottom.
Price: $4,300
A bit of information about Pan:
There are many ancient myths about Pan. One myth that may be used to illustrate several themes is the traditional Chinese creation myth. This is the myth of Pan-gu (also known as P'an-ku). There are written texts of this myth going back to the 6th century and there are parts of Southern China where the cult of P'an Ku still persists. The most common form of the myth is as follows : The first living thing was P'an Ku. He evolved inside a gigantic cosmic egg, which contained all the elements of the universe totally intermixed together. P'an Ku grew by about 10 feet each day. As he grew he separated the earth and the Sky within the egg. At the same time he gradually separated the many opposites in nature, male and female, wet and dry, light and dark, Yin and Yang. These were all originally totally commingled in the egg. While he grew he also created the first humans. After 18,000 years the egg hatched and P'an Ku died from the effort of creation. From his eyes the sun and moon appeared, from his sweat, rain and dew, from his voice, thunder, and from his body all the natural features of the earth arose.
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