Maria Immaculata in Trapani work 53 x 36 x 5 cm.... Lot 393

Maria Immaculata in Trapani work 53 x 36 x 5 cm. Trapani, Sicily, mid 17th century. Copper, chased, cast, cut, fire-gilded, white enamel and set with red coral, partly figured and partly ornamentally cut. Octagonal devotional picture typical for Trapani with radial intimated cartouches and symmetrical ornamental decoration in coral fragments on the gilded copper ground. Central octagonal cartouche with coral carved figure of the Virgin Mary crowned by two angels. The figure is framed by cast, partially white enamelled fragments, which are combined with coral flowers and blossoms, and plastically shaped cherubim heads. In the upper centre with a cast suspension ring. Ornamentally chased on the back. Compare: L'arte del corallo in Sicilia, exhibition catalogue, Trapani, Museo regionale Pepoli, 1 March - 1 June 1986, p. 189. ROSSO CORALLO. Arti preziose della Sicilia barocca, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, 29 July - 28 September 2008, p. 102 (fig. 11), p.106 (fig.12) and p. 108 (fig.13). A comparable object, in which however the architectural references play a greater role than the ornamental ones, is kept in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (inventory no. M.159-1956). (1240138) (13) A Trapani plaque of the Virgin Mary 53 x 36 x 5 cm. Trapani, Sicily, mid-17th century. Copper; wrought, cast, cut. White enamel, set with partially figural and ornamental cut red coral. As is typical for the Sicilian region of Trapani, this lot shows an octagonal devotional image with suggested radial cartouches and symmetrical ornamental décor in coral fragments on gilt-copper background. Central octagonal cartouche with figure of the Virgin Mary surmounted by two angels in carved coral. With a cast surround, partially enamelled in white, decorated with carved coral blossoms and fragments assembled in flowers, as well as three-dimension