Gilded brass crucifix with coral Christ, back-encrusted cora - Lot 216

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Gilded brass crucifix with coral Christ, back-encrusted cora - Lot 216
Gilded brass crucifix with coral Christ, back-encrusted coral and silver ornamentation; silver filigree feet. Southern Italy, Sicily, Messina, workshop of Mario Ciotta, second half of the 17th century. Total H.: 39.5 cm - Christ H.: 9.8 cm - W.: 17 cm (slight damage to Christ's garment.) The typology of this crucifix is very similar to the one in a private collection in Catania (fig.). The latter is attributed to Mario Ciotta, who is known to have created gilded copper and coral crucifixes for Messina Cathedral in 1643. Book 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, pp46-47
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