Dizainier in gilded copper and back-encrusted coral. It cons - Lot 211

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Dizainier in gilded copper and back-encrusted coral. It cons - Lot 211
Dizainier in gilded copper and back-encrusted coral. It consists of a four-armed cross in gilded copper, circular in cross-section and of equal length, arranged around a central sphere inlaid with two coral finials; the arms are trimmed with curved coral baguettes and finished with a finial. The beads are formed by ten gilded copper spheres, hollowed out and adorned with two rows of back-inlaid coral drops, separated by small fleurons. Southern Italy, Trapani, first third of the 17th century L.: 23 cm - W. (cross): 8.5 cm - D. (balls): 1.9 cm (slight wear) The Agostino Pepoli Regional Museum in Trapani holds a similar example (inv. no. 5460) (fig.) Works consulted: Valeria Patrizia Li Vigni, Maria Concetta Di Natale, Vincenzo Abbate (dir.), I grandi capolavori del corallo: i coralli di Trapani del XVII e XVIII secolo [catalog of the exhibition presented at the Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino, Palazzo Valle, Catania, March 5 - May 5, 2013, and at the Musé régional Agostino Pepoli, Trapani, May 18 - June 30, 2013], Silvana, 2013.
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