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A Sicilian coral inlaid and gilt copper octagonal devotional plaque Capezzale with Saint Francis

Alternate Text

A Sicilian coral inlaid and gilt copper octagonal devotional plaque Capezzale with Saint Francis


End XVII C
1600-1750
brass Bronze gilt-bronze Gilt Ormolu Enamelled Coral
49 x 35 cm (19 ¹/₄ x 13 ³/₄ inches)

Provenance


Collection Luigi Koelliker
The Luigi Koelliker Studiolo. The London House; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 2008, lot 50. (85.250,00 £).
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume II: Kunstkammer; Sotheby's, Paris, 12 October 2022, lot 263.
 

Literature


• E.Tartamella, Corallo, Storia e Arte dal XV al XIX Secolo, Maroda ed.2004, Tav. n.12 p.208; Tav.33 p.228.
• A. Daneu, L'Arte Trapanese del Corallo, Milan, 1964, TAV. XVI, XVII.
• M. Concetta Di Natale, Il Corallo Trapanese nei secoli XVI e XVII, Brescia, 2002, no. 17, pp. 56-57.
• Museo Regionale Pepoli, Coralli, Talismani Sacri e Profani, Trapani, 1986, nos. 76 and 82.
•Museo di Capodimonte e Museo Pignatelli, Civiltà del Seicento a Napoli, Naples, 1985.
• Catania, Palazzo Valle, Foundation Puglisi Cosentino, Trapani, Museo Interdisciplinare Regionale Agostino Pepoli», I grandi capolavori del corallo – I coralli di Trapani del XVII e XVIII secolo, 3 mars 2013–5 mai 2013, 18 mai 2013–3•0 juin 2013, V. P. Li Vigni et al., Milano, 2013, p.88.

Detail Description


A Sicilian coral inlaid and gilt copper octagonal devotional plaque Capezzale with Saint Francis, mounted in an enamel and gilt copper framing; the reverse engraved with Saint Francis surrounded by foliate scrolls.
 
Trapani, Late 17th century

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